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WCTE PBS High School Academic Bowl 2024 Ep1
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The Leadup to the Semifinals
WCTE was excited to host our annual High School Academic Bowl in Nov. 2024! We had 16 teams competing from 13 different schools in this exciting double-elimination tournament, with moderators Dr. Brian O'Connor, Molly Risley and Mark Hutchins.
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WCTE Documentaries
WCTE PBS High School Academic Bowl 2024 Ep1
Special | 24m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
WCTE was excited to host our annual High School Academic Bowl in Nov. 2024! We had 16 teams competing from 13 different schools in this exciting double-elimination tournament, with moderators Dr. Brian O'Connor, Molly Risley and Mark Hutchins.
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♪♪ So.
Back to a tossup.
What is the number of fluid ounces in five liquid pints.
Alexa.
80.
That's correct.
Here's your bonus for ten points.
Who was the first college varsity football player to become president?
He played for Army in 1912.
Oh.
Ronald Reagan.
Dwight Eisenhower.
Also for ten points.
He left the National Football League in 2002 to join the Army.
After the 9/11 attacks, and his death in 2004 was originally attributed to enemy fire.
But later that year, the Pentagon acknowledged he was killed by friendly fire.
Who was this American soldier?
No answer.
Pat.
Tillman.
Pat.
Tillman.
All right.
Another toss up.
Which gas makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
Camden.
Nitrogen.
Correct.
Bonus question.
For ten points, the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous are all periods of geologic time.
What geologic era do they comprise?
Yes.
The Hunter Paleolithic.
Mesozoic.
34 00:02:16,136 --> 00:02:17,704 All right, another bonus.
Also for ten points.
What's another name for the Paleolithic Age?
The age of the dinosaurs.
Close.
The Stone Age.
The Stone age.
Okay.
No points on that bonus.
Let's go back to a tossup.
Lynn's law is an example of the law of conservation.
Of what?
Philip.
Energy.
Correct.
For five points each.
Name the Bronte sister who wrote each of the following Jane Eyre.
Pass.
Agnus Gray.
These are the book titles.
Pass.
Wuthering Heights.
Elizabeth.
That would be Emily.
The first one was Charlotte.
The second one was Ann.
Agnus Gray was Ann Bronte.
And Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte.
So no point.
No points on that bonus.
We've run out of time.
Our score ending score is Portland 265 to Oneida 110.
Congratulations to both of you on a great competition.
All right.
Next tossup.
If the area of a square is 1600, what is its perimeter?
Jocelyn 160.
160 is correct.
For ten points.
Bonus opportunities for Scott.
For ten points.
The Medici family exercised a great deal of power during the Renaissance in this Italian city.
Which city?
No.
No.
Venice.
Venice.
Venice is incorrect.
It is Florence.
Also for ten points.
What Italian city is home to the La Scala opera house?
[whispering] Maybe.
I don't know, Venice.
We're looking for Milan.
There.
So, no points on the bonus, but ten on the tossup.
Next tossup.
What poet wrote the lines?
Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.
Time.
And that is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Next, toss up.
What was great religious revival?
What was the great religious revival in the American colonies in the night in the 1740s, called?
Benjamin.
Great awakening.
Great awakening is correct for ten points.
Bonus opportunities for beach.
For ten points.
The presence of potassium can be identified in a flame test.
What color flame would be observed if potassium was present?
[whispering] [whispering] green.
Green is incorrect.
Violet or lavender.
Also, for ten points in a flame test, both lithium and strontium produce various shades of this color.
What's the color?
Blue.
Incorrect.
That would be red.
So no points on the bonus, but ten on the tossup.
Next tossup.
Identify the five word slogan uttered by Captain James Lawrence during the War of 1812 that became the slogan of the US Navy.
Time.
That would be don't give up the ship.
All right, so we're going to our next toss up.
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology studying what animals.
Brian.
Insects.
Incorrect.
Can you take it Beech?
Liam.
Rodents.
It's incorrect.
We're looking for fish.
And that brings us to the end of round two and the end of our game.
Scott A with 175 Beech with 270.
Great job.
Both teams.
Next toss up.
In the warmer parts of the oceans, there may be a limestone rock structure built by living organisms.
What is this stack of shells called?
Cole.
Reef?
A coral reef, correct.
Ten points there.
Here's your bonus question.
First for ten points.
How many years are in?
Six score and 13.
133 are in.
33 is right.
Also for ten points.
What is 64 to the five sixth power?
Answer.
48.
Now 32.
Ten points on that bonus.
Next tossup.
In which province are Ottawa, Toronto and Niagara Falls located?
Bryson, Quebec.
Now, can you take an Allen County?
Victor.
Toronto.
It's Ontario.
So no points on that toss up.
Here comes another toss up.
Which product uses in its advertisements A little girl carrying an umbrella.
Emma.
Salt.. More specifically.
Morton.
Salt.
Morton.
Salt.
Correct.
Ten points there.
Here's your bonus question.
For ten points.
Which heavenly bodies other than the moon exhibit phases.
Stars.
No Mercury and Venus.
And second, for ten points.
On what planet is the great red spot?
Jupiter.
Jupiter's right.
Ten points on that.
Bonus questions.
Next tossup.
Translate this French phrase.
"Que voulez-vous boire?".
174 00:08:35,248 --> 00:08:35,615 Emma.
Do you want a croissant?
Say it again.
Do you want a croissant?
No, can you take it Hendersonville?
Who wants a croissant?
No, it's.
What kind of beverage do you want?
voulez-vous is a drink?
So no points on that toss up.
Maybe my French.
Next toss up.
Name the sea that lies just to the east of Korea.
Sea of Japan.
Sea of Japan.
Correct.
Ten points there.
Here's your bonus.
For five points, each name for the six types of simple machines.
[whispering] [whispering] Answer.
Pullies, Levers, puns and switches.
Level and pully is correct for ten points.
Wedge inclined plane, screw wheel and axle were the others.
So ten points on that bonus question.
Next toss up.
What is the m k s unit for energy?
Brycen.
Joules.
Joule is right.
Ten points there, J-O-U-L-E Here's your bonus question.
First for ten points.
The ancient Ptolemy.
Carl Sagan and Edwin Hubble made their mark.
In what scientific field?
Astronomy.
Astronomy is right.
Also, for ten points, Michael Faraday, Max Planck, and Evangelista Torricelli made their mark in what scientific field?
[whispering] Chemistry.
No physics.
Ten points on the bonus question.
Next toss up.
Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail circumnavigation.
Now I will continue for Allen County, but sailed around the world.
Who led the second expedition around the world?
Time!
That is Sir Francis Drake.
Yeah.
Next tossup.
Which American writer who wrote the book nature once said great geniuses have the shortest biographies.
Time.
That was Ralph Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Next toss up name The era that began 65 million years ago and is still going on.
Modern?
No, it's.
Can you take it Allen County?
Time.
That's the Cenozoic Era.
Our final score is Hendersonville 290 and Allen County Scottsville 180.
Thank you teams for a good match.
We appreciate it.
Here's another toss up.
The the deterioration of materials due to reaction with their environment is known as what?
Anna..
Corrosion?
Is that correct?
Correct.
Corrosion is correct.
Ten points there.
Here is your bonus question for ten points each.
Translate these Spanish words into English.
First, Huevos.
Eggs.
Eggs is right and second Hierro.
Quesadilla.
No.
Iron.
Ten points on that bonus question.
Here's your next tossup.
The speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives is second in line for succession of the governorship in the event of such need.
Name the current speaker of the Tennessee House.
Marley.
Marsha Blackburn.
Now, can you take it Oliver Springs?
Bryan.
Bill.
Lee.
No, it's Cameron Sexton who is the representative right where we are.
Here comes your next other question.
Although some countries claim more, most countries only recognize how many nautical miles from land as a country.
Bryce.
100.
No.
Walk.
I won't continue, Walker.
200.
No, 12, 12 miles.
Next toss up.
What is the eight letter term for a conversation between individuals quoted word for word and enclosed in quotation marks.
Bryce.
Dialogue.
Dialogue.
Correct.
Ten points there.
Here's your bonus question for ten points.
The New England Patriots dream of a perfect 19.
And oh, a season came to an end in Super Bowl 42 at the hands of what team, led by Eli Manning.
[whispering] Packers?
No, New York Giants and second also for ten points.
That loss meant that the only NFL team with a perfect record is what team that finished 16 and 0 in 1972.
Miami Dolphins.
Miami Dolphins correct ten points on that bonus question.
Here is another toss up.
What is the name of the science of the study of insects?
Gareth.
Entomology.
Entomology.
Correct.
Ten points there.
Here comes your bonus question.
For ten points, identify the geometrical shape consisting of all points in a plane that are a given distance from a given point.
Yeah a circle.
Circle.
Right.
And second, for another ten points.
What shape consists of all points in three dimensional space that are a given distance from a given point?
Sphere.
Sphere is right.
20 points on the bonus.
Next toss up.
Who was the president and first president to live in what is now called the white House?
Ryan.
John Adams.
John Adams is right.
Ten points there.
Here's your bonus question.
First for ten points.
Who was the first Stuart king of England?
[whispering] I defer to Brian.
Go with Henry the Seventh.
No.
Is James the first and second also for ten points.
Who was the last Stuart monarch of England?
King Charles the sixth?
No, it was Queen Anne.
No points there.
Next toss up in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Who does Hamlet kill by stabbing him?
Gareth.
Polonius.
Polonius is right.
Ten points on that.
Here's your bonus question.
First, for ten points, what is 75% of 200?
150.
150 is right.
And second, also for ten points.
What is 55% of 300?
165.. Say it again.
165, that is right.
20 points on that bonus question.
Next tossup.
In what?
Sea?
What sea is the Isle of Man located?
Bryce.
Irish.
Irish Sea is right.
Ten points there.
Here's your bonus question.
First, for ten points, mammals often have their hair erect when they are cold or frightened.
What is the situation called?
A human response?
Goosebumps.
Goosebumps.
Right.
And I will continue also for ten points of the many species of the cat family.
One feature alone is unique to lions.
What is this feature?
Maine.
A Maine is right.
20 points on that bonus.
And our final score is Gallatin 360 and Oliver Springs 100.
Thank you teams for a good match.
If we share.
It was also correct 20 points on that bonus tossup.
Give the English translation of Paris Boulevard- Champs-Élysées.
Champs-Élysées.
Time.
Elysian Fields.
Elysian Fields.
another tossup.
Which art term is used to designate both colors that are pale and a picture drawn with colored chalk sticks?
Philip.
Pastel.
Pastel is correct.
Here's your bonus for ten points.
The Earth's atmosphere contains ozone.
Give the chemical formula for ozone.
OH.
No, O3.
Also for ten points.
What is the chemical formula for the hydronium ion?
H4?
No, H3O, H3O.
So no points on that bonus.
Here's a tossup.
Just 16 years after the pilgrims landed in Massachusetts.
What college was founded?
Austin.
Yale.
That's incorrect.
Philip.
Harvard.
Harvard is correct.
Here's your bonus for ten points each.
Name the capitals of each of these South American countries.
Peru.
Pass.
Chile.
Pass.
Peru is Lima and Chile is Santiago.
All right.
To a toss up.
An odd number is greater than 21, but less than 36.
The sum of the numbers digits is 11.
What is the number?
Alexa.
28.
That's incorrect.
Drake.
Damn.
Okay.
29.
29 was the answer to that.
Here's a tossup.
What is the capital city of Switzerland?
Philip.
Geneva.
That's incorrect.
Jeremy.
Time.
The answer is Bern.
Bern.
Toss up.
The Taliban is a fun.
All right, well, that ends our our second round there.
And our score is Oneida 285 and Harriman 140.
Congratulations to both team on a great effort.
Next toss up.
What object weighs approximately 3 pounds, uses 20W of power, and stores 100 billion bits of information Smartphone.
That's incorrect.
Can you take it York?
Tyler.
Hard drive.
Incorrect.
That is the human brain.
The human brain.
All right, so we'll go to our next tossup in studies of trees, when three or more leaves and buds occur at each node, leaf arrangement and bud arrangement are said to be.
Which of these- world, opposite, alternate or varying?
Alternate.
Is incorrect.
Can you take it?
Tyler.
Varying.
Incorrect.
We're looking for world.
World.
So next toss up.
All the isotopes of a given element contain the same number of which type of particle.
Kate.
Proton.
Proton is correct.
For ten, your bonus point.
Opportunities for Jackson County.
For ten points, what mountain range is between Italy and France?
Defer to Oden.
The Alps.
Alps is correct.
Also, for ten points.
What is the longest above water mountain range in the world?
The Andes.
Andes is correct.
Just in time.
So, ten on the toss up and then 20 on The bonus gives you 30 altogether for that.
Great job.
And we've got a current score of 170 to 165.
Next toss up.
Still anybody's game.
In which of the following countries would one be most likely to find a pagoda?
India.
China.
Johnny.
China.
China is correct for ten.
Here are your bonus opportunities for ten points.
In what U.S. city is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?
Washington, DC.
Defer.
Defer to Trent.
Washington, DC.
That is correct.
Also, for ten points, one World Trade Center, the Empire State Building, and the United Nations Building are all located on what island?
Borough of New York City.
Defer to Trent.
Brooklyn.
Is incorrect.
We're looking for Manhattan.
You get ten on the tossup and ten on the bonus for a total of 20 on that clue.
Next, toss up.
Who was the emperor of France's First republic?
Thomas.
Napoleon.
Napoleon is correct for ten.
York.
Here are your bonus opportunities.
For ten points, the overlapping of s orbitals or end to end p orbitals forms what type of bond?
I don't know.
That is incorrect.
We're looking for sigma and we are.
I'm going to read you the last bonus also for ten points.
What type of bond is formed by a side by side by side?
Overlapping of p orbitals?
Covalent.
That is incorrect.
We're looking for pi bond.
So ten on the tossup but no points on the bonus.
Leaves us with a final score.
York Institute 180, Jackson County 185.
Excellent.
Close match.
Great job.
Teams.
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