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♪♪ ♪♪ Hello and welcome to the WCTE TV Academic Bowl.

I'm Molly Risley, and I'll be moderating today's match between Cookeville High School's A-Team and DeKalb County High School.

The winner of this match will go on to face Gallatin in the final.

And the runner up in this match will receive the doctor.

Fred Culp Spirit of Competition Award as our third place finisher.

Let's meet our contestants from Cookeville High School's A-Team.

I'm Riley and I play viola.

My name is Katherine Smith and my dog's name is James Michener.

My name is Eli and I have a houseplant, which I adore.

My name is Lizeth and I love Marvel.

All right.

And let's meet our contestants from DeKalb County.

My name is Gavin Bean.

Go Vols!

My name is Ethan Spears, and I'm holding an intervention for Stephen's addiction.

I'm Stephen Miller, and my addiction is collecting coins.

I'm Daniel Stiffler, and my favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip.

All right, welcome both teams.

And hopefully your intervention will get him to change.

I'm hoping so.

Pun intended.

Okay.

All right, so everybody get your signaling devices ready.

We're going to begin with a toss up.

Theodore Geisel is the real name of it.

Eli.

Doctor.

Seuss.

Doctor Seuss is correct for ten.

Your bonuses for ten points.

What is the tallest mountain range in the world?

Himalayas.

Himalayas.

.

Himalayas is correct.

Also for ten points, the Himalayas are.

On what continent?

Asia.

Asia is correct.

So 20 on the bonus and ten on the toss up.

Give you 30.

Next toss up.

Corinth, Thebes and Sparta were Eli.

Greece.

Greece is correct for ten bonuses.

For ten points.

Who is the current British prime minister?

Rishi Sunak.

Defer Rishi Sunak.

That's incorrect.

It's Starmer.

Also, for ten points, who is the current Canadian prime minister?

Justin Trudeau?

Trudeau romped Justin Trudeau.

That's correct.

So ten points on the bonus and ten on the toss up give you a total of 20.

Next toss up between the end of World War one and until 1933, this European country was referred Germany.

Germany is correct for ten and your bonuses for ten points.

The plane in which the Earth orbits the sun is called what?

The axis.

Axis.

The axis.

Incorrect.

It's the ecliptic.

The ecliptic plane.

Also, for ten points, the rapidly moving stream of charged particles that is being driven away from the sun is known as what?

Solar wind would make sense?

Solar wind.

Solar wind is correct.

So turn on the bonus and turn on the toss up.

Give you 20 next, toss up what early 19th century author combined the sketch and essay to create the short story.

His first name was Washington Eli Irving.

Irving is correct for ten.

Here are your bonuses.

Mother goose rhymes for ten points each.

What boy ate Christmas pie?

Levi.

Incorrect.

It's Jack Horner and what boys sang for his supper.

Frank Sinatra.

Tom, Your close.

It's Tommy Tucker.

Frank Sinatra is a good guess.

So no points on the bonus.

We got ten on the toss up.

Next toss up.

Construction of what?

Landmark New York City skyscraper was begun.

Eli.

Empire state building, Empire State Building is correct for ten.

4 or 5 bonus points each.

Give answers that begin with the letter G. For these descriptions.

He played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films.

Rupert Grint Oh, Rupert Grint Grint is correct.

Acra is the capital of this African nation.

Oh, Ghana.

Yes, Ghana.

Ghana is correct.

Giant rock featured in Prudential Insurance ads.

Granite face.

Granite face.

Incorrect.

That's Gibraltar.

And he said go west, young man.

Kendall I don't know, Kendall.

He probably did.

But we're looking at a Greely here.

So kind of a ten on the bonus and ten on the toss up.

Give you 20.

Next toss up.

Ashanti, IBO and modern Berber are all languages on...Eli.

Africa.

Africa is correct for ten.

Your bonuses for ten points.

What is the most abundant gas in the air?

Nitrogen.

Nitrogen.

Nitrogen is correct also for ten points.

What is the lightest gas in weight?

Hydrogen and hydrogen.

Hydrogen is correct.

So 20 on the bonus and ten on the toss up give you 30.

Next toss up.

Nebuchadnezzar.

The second is given credit today for overseeing the construction of which Stephen Hanging Gardens.

More specific of Babylon.

That is correct.

So ten on that toss up here.

Your bonuses for ten points each.

In what year did a man first go into space?

[whispering] [whispering] Need an answer.

In 1959.

That's incorrect.

It's 1961.

Also for ten points.

In what year was the first manned moon landing?

1969.

Okay, 1969.

1969 is correct.

So ten on the bonus and ten on the toss up give you 20.

The battles Lake.

Next toss up the Battle of Lake Erie saw for the first time in American naval fleet submarines.

That is incorrect.

I'll finish it for Dekalb.

Stephen.

Iron Clads.

that's incorrect.

So the whole question.

American naval fleet inflicting a defeat on British naval squadron.

In what war did this occur?

That's the War of 1812.

So next tossup.

In what country is the Gate of heavenly Peace?

The Forbidden city.

You are China.

China is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus for ten points.

What two consecutive integers have a product of 156?

17, 17, 18, 17 and 18.

Incorrect.

It's 12 and 13.

Also for ten points, the square of what number is four?

More than three times the number.

Need an answer.

Four.

Four is correct.

So ten on the bonus and ten on the tossup gives you 20.

Next tossup.

Our solar system lies in what galaxy?

Eli.

Milky way.

Milky way is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus for ten points.

The small intestine is composed of three segments.

Two of these segments segments are the jejunum and the ilium.

Name.

The third segment [whispering] Odysseus.

That's incorrect.

It's the duodenum.

Also, for ten points, the large intestine is composed of two segments.

The first is the colon name.

The second segment.

No answer.

We're looking for rectum there, so no points on the bonus.

Ten on the tossup though.

Next tossup only one of the eight most populous US cities is a state capital.

What is it?

Stephen.

Phoenix.

Phoenix is correct.

Here are your bonus opportunities for ten points.

What is the converse of this statement?

If P, then Q.

[whispering] [whispering] Need an answer.

Defer to Ethan.

If q, then P. That's correct.

Also, for ten points.

What is the contrapositive of this statement?

If P, then q [whispering] [whispering] Need an answer, Defer to Ethan.

If negative P, then negative q.

It's incorrect.

Right idea we're looking for.

If not q, then not p. So you got ten on the bonus and ten on the toss up gives you 20.

Next toss up what term is used to indicate the period of time for one half of a radioactive isotope to Ethan.

half life, half life is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus points.

Our bonus question for ten points.

Identify the name of the creek in South Dakota where U.S. soldiers killed a large number of Lakota people in 1890.

[whispering] [whispering] Go with it, wounded knee.

Wounded knee is correct.

Also, for ten points in 1898, the soon to be U.S. president led the Rough Riders in Cuba.

Who was this Teddy Roosevelt?

That is correct.

So 20 on the bonus and ten on the toss up gives you 30.

Next toss up.

A certian part of speech in English modifies an adjective, a verb, or an Eli adverb.

Adverb is correct for ten bonus points or bonus opportunities for ten points.

If the discriminant of a quadratic equation is negative, how many real roots does the equation have?

Not none.

None.

That's correct.

Zero.

Also, for ten points.

What is the value of the discriminant of the quadratic polynomial x squared minus two x plus three?

No squared minus four z.

[whispering] Need an answer.

Negative Eight.

You're out of time.

But it is negative eight just to get a little bit long to get there.

So ten on the bonus and ten on the toss up gives you 20.

And that brings our score.

Cookeville A has 180 DeKalb County has 60.

We're going to head to our lightning round as soon as we come back from a.

Great.

So stay with us.

Welcome back.

We're getting ready to start our lightning round.

But before we get to that, we have a scoring update to give you.

Cookville A is sitting at 180 and DeKalb County is sitting at 70 points.

DeKalb County, you're going to get to choose first for the Lightning round and your choices are head to head or silence.

Please S-I-L-E-N-T-S Which of those would you like?

We would like to choose head to head.

Head to head.

All right.

So DeKalb County is going to choose head to head.

Use your head to come up with these answers containing the word head for ten.

You'll get ten points for each correct answer.

An extra 20 point bonus for all of having all of them correct.

We've got 60s on the clock.

Stephen, I'm going to be looking to you as the captain for answers unless you defer.

All right, here we go.

From top to bottom, head to toe, head to toe.

And illness affecting the nasal passages.

Headache, headache to stay afloat financially Pass beyond one's power to understand.

Pass.

Man in charge of a private school.

Headmaster.

Headmaster.

Headmaster.

To confer or consult.

Pass.

Land taken during amphibious assault.

[whispering] Yeah.

Head way.

Obstinate.

Headstrong.

Headstrong.

Center of operations.

Headquarters.

A board game fitting in this category.

Pass.

To stay afloat financially.

[whispering] All right.

And we're out of time.

So we've got ten, 20, 30, 40, 40 points on that bonus.

All right, we must, head cold to keep your head above water.

Beyond one's power to understand over one's head.

To confer is to put heads together.

Land taken during amphibious assault is beach head.

You got head strong and headquarters in the board game that fits this category is go to the head of the class.

All right.

So, Cookeville, you're going to have to deal with silence S-I-L-E-N-T-S Which means we need you to identify the silent letter in each of the following words.

60s on the clock.

First word soften t yeah, t unknown.

K. Herb.

H. pneumatic.

P. It starts with p. Just say it's p. Behalf.

L .

Sword.

W. indict.

C.C.

benign.

G. mnemonic M M. Arkansas.

S right.

S. You got them all.

So that's going to give you, 100 points there.

Plus a 20 point bonus gives you 120 points.

And at the end of our lightning round, we've got a score of Cookeville 300, DeKalb County 110.

We're going to take a break and come right back for the beginning of round two.

Welcome back.

We've got a great match going on today between Cookeville High School as a team and DeKalb County High School Cookeville a with 300 and DeKalb County with 110.

And we're going to start round two with the toss up.

Players ready.

Here we go.

The tympanic membrane of which organ of the human body is studied with an auto scope.

Catherine your ear is correct for ten.

Here are your bonuses for ten points each.

Fill in the blank in these titles.

Fill the blank in with these.

Try and fill in the blank in these titles with a color.

A John Steinbeck novel, The Blank Pony.

Sure.

White.

It's it's red, actually, number two, a Richard Lewellen novel.

How blank was my valley green, green, green is correct.

So ten on the bonus and ten on the tossup give you 20 next tossup.

Identify the type of cartoon drawing which exaggerates the physical features.

Daniel.

You're out of time.

I'll finish it for you.

A caricature caricature is correct.

All right, so ten on that toss up.

Here are your bonuses in the fifth century BC, this Greek temple was built on a hill overlooking the city.

First for ten points.

Name the goddess for whom the temple was built as a monument.

Athena.

Athena.

That's correct.

And also for ten points.

Name this temple the Acropolis.

The Acropolis.

We're looking for Parthenon there.

So you got ten on the bonus and ten on the tossup.

Giving you 20 next tossup of the following, which is a mock heroic ballad by Lewis Carroll found in Through the Looking Glass.

The clown Goldie, it Can't happen Here or Jabberwock, Eli.

Jabberwocky.

Jabberwocky is correct for ten.

Your bonus opportunities for ten points.

What numbered Bill of Rights Amendment deals with a person's right to an attorney?

Sixth.

This is the sixth and the fifth answer.

The fifth.

That's incorrect.

This is the sixth.

Also, for ten points identified by number, the constitutional amendment that contains the famous due process and equal protection clauses, 15th, the process.

That's the Fourth Amendment, I think.

Okay, but it's not that an answer?

Fourth.

Incorrect.

It's the 14th.

So no points on the bonus, but you got ten on the toss up.

Next toss up.

Name the buffoon knight in the plays about King Henry and also The Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare.

Time we're looking for Falstaff.

There.

Next toss up.

Born in 1857 as Joseph Khrzhanovsky in southern Poland, this man became one of the greatest writers in England, with novels such as Alma's Folly and Lord Jim.

Name him.

Catherine.

Conrad.

Conrad is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus for ten points.

Name the famous volcano in Italy that resulted in the destruction of Pompeii.

Vesuvius, Vesuvius.

This is correct.

Also for ten points.

What even larger active Italian volcano is located on the island of Sicily.

It.

Etna.

Etna.

That is correct.

So 20 on your bonus and ten on your tossup give you 30 next tossup.

Give the musical term for the distance in pitch between any two tones.

An octave.

Incorrect.

Can you take it, DeKalb?

Ethan.

Harmony.

Incorrect.

It's interval.

Next tossup.

This six letter word means the west wind or a gentle breeze or light wind.

What is it, Eli?

Breeze.

Incorrect.

Time.

We're looking for Zephyr.

Zephyr.

Next.

Toss up.

The all thing is the Parliament.

Of what country?

Whose capital?

Eli?

Ireland.

That's incorrect.

I'll finish it for DeKalb.

whose capital is Reykjavik.

Stephen?

Iceland.

Iceland is correct.

Here are your bonus opportunities for five points each.

Give answers that begin with the letter M for these descriptions.

Soldiers of the American Revolution.

Men of men.

That's correct.

Holiest city of Islam.

Pilgrimage.

Pilgrimages are made their Mecca.

Correct.

Famous one took place on the HMS bounty.

Maiden voyage.

Defer to Daniel, a maiden voyage.

Incorrect.

We're looking for mutiny and Jim Henson's creations.

[whispering] No answer.

We're looking for Muppets.

So you got two of those for ten points on the bonus and ten on the toss up.

Gives you a total of 20 for that clue.

All right.

Next tossup.

What type of insects are kept in an apiary Eli.

Bees.

Bees is correct for ten.

Your bonus opportunities for ten points.

Myosin is one of the two major protein constituents of human muscle.

What is the name of the other one?

Actin.

Actin is correct also for ten points.

The red blood cells of vertebrates contain a protein iron compound, which makes blood cells red.

This compound is able to combine reversibly with oxygen.

Name this compound hemoglobin.

Hemoglobin is correct.

So 20 on the bonus and ten on the tossup give you 30 next tossup.

Identify this 19th century U.S. president.

He was the only president who was preceded in succeeded by the same man, Eli.

That was Cleveland.

That's incorrect.

Can you take it DeKalb?

Stephen?

Harrison trumped Benjamin.

That's correct.

All right.

And, your bonus for ten points.

This French physicist is most noted today for his investigations of the relationship between an electric current and a magnetic field.

A basic law of physics bears his name, as does the unit of electric current.

Who was he?

It's a bonus for them.

Sorry.

If you want to tell us the answer, you can, Well, there's an important current.

There's an answer.

Amps.

That's incorrect.

I gotta have the name.

It's Ampere.

Also, for ten points.

Only one person has won two Nobel Prizes in physics.

He is an American physicist who shared the award in 1956 for his discovery of the transistor, and shared the prize again in 1972 for his explanation of superconductivity.

Name him.

Do you think?

You're all right, sir.

Just drop somebody.

Answer.

Oppenheimer.

Bardeen.

So, no points on that bonus.

But you got ten on the tossup.

Next tossup.

Cone bearing trees are in general.

Ethan, first.

First.

That's incorrect.

I'm going to finish it for Cookville in general.

Classified by this C word.

Kathryn.

Conifers is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus for ten points.

What is a transformation often involving yeast whose name is derived from a word meaning to boil?

Fermentation, fermentation fermentation is correct also for ten points.

What is the common term for an organic catalyst?

Enzyme?

Enzyme enzyme is correct.

So 20 on that bonus and ten on the toss up give you 30.

Next toss up name the grammatical term describing an adjective that is derived from a verb and shares Eli adverb.

That's incorrect.

I'll finish it for DeKalb.

and shares the nature of both adjective and adverb.

Time.

All right.

And we're looking for a participle.

There, so nobody gets that one.

And we are at the end of round two with a final score of Cookville A4 40 and DeKalb County won 140.

It means DeKalb County.

You have one.

Our doctor, Fred Cope.

Spirit of competition award.

Congratulations and Cookville.

We will see you in the next round against Gallatin.

Great job teams.

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