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♪♪ Welcome to the WCTE TV Academic Bowl.

We are down to the last round where we got the best of the best for you today.

I'm Molly Risley, and I'll be your moderator for a match between Gallatin High School, A-Team and Cookeville High School A-Team.

To determine the champion of our WCTE TV 2024 high school Academic Bowl.

Let's meet our contestants from Gallatin High School.

Hi, I'm Marley McDaniel, and this is a shout out to my mom and Jaden.

My name is Bryce Calhoun and shout out to my parents.

My name is Garrett Turner.

This is shout out to my parents.

My name is Andrew Wright and this is a shout out to my parents.

But just to clarify, you all have different parents.

Yeah.

Yes.

Okay.

Awesome.

A lot of people are getting shout outs.

Nice to meet you, Gallatin High School team.

Best of luck to you.

And let's meet our participants from Cookeville High School's A-Team.

My name is Riley Panzer, and this is a shout out to my mom.

My name is Eli Moore, and I took the hobbits to Isengard.

My name is Catherine Smith and my dog's name is James by Percival Everett.

My name is Adalay And I got lost in the Library of Babel.

All right.

Welcome, Cookville High School.

Best of luck to all of you.

Let's get our buzzers ready.

And we're going to start with a toss up.

The Suez, Panama and Erie- Eli.

Canals.

They are all canals.

That's correct.

For for ten, your bonuses.

The cardiovascular or circulatory system consists of four major organs and structures for five points each.

Name these organs and structures.

[whispering] Heart.

Lungs, veins and arteries.

All right.

You get three out of four.

So not lungs, but capillaries.

The other three.

Correct.

So five, ten, 15 on the bonus and ten on the tossup give you 25.

Next toss up.

The first six U.S. presidents were from what, two?

Andrew.

Virginia and from Virginia and Maryland.

That is incorrect.

I'll finish... Eli.

Virginia and England.

That is incorrect.

So I'll finish the clue for six presidents.

US presidents were, from, what, two states?

That would be Massachusetts and Virginia.

So no points there.

We'll go to our next tossup.

What minor political party in the United States in the 19th century called for inflated currency in the 1870s?

Hint.

Paper money.

Marley.

Populist.

That is incorrect.

Can you take it, Cookville?

Eli.

Socialist.

Incorrect.

We're looking for the Greenback Party.

Very, very minor party.

So no points there.

And we're going to our next tossup.

Identify the first country in 1939 that Germany invaded- Eli.

Poland.

That is correct for ten.

Here are your bonuses.

For ten points.

What is the name for the natural biological catalysts that increase the rate of chemical reactions in all biological functions?

Enzymes?

That's correct.

Also, for ten points.

What process in all living things releases carbon dioxide as a waste product?

Respiration, respiration rate and, respiration.

That is correct.

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

Next toss up.

Identify the country with the lakes of Killarney.

Eli.

Canada.

That's incorrect.

Can you take it?

Gallatin?

Andrew.

Molloy.

Incorrect.

We're looking for Ireland.

Killarney.

I should have said it that way.

All right.

Next tossup.

Which city is farther north?

Gander, Newfoundland.

Gander, Newfoundland.

Juneau, Alaska or Juneau, Alaska.

That's incorrect.

I'll finish it for Gallatin or Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Andrew.

The one in Newfoundland.

That's incorrect.

We're looking for Saint Petersburg, Russia.

So great effort.

No points on that tossup.

Next tossup.

Two numbers equal 37.

One is larger than the other by five.

Name the two numbers.

Catherine.

16 and 21.

That's correct.

Your bonus for ten points.

If two fair dice are rolled, what is the probability of getting a value greater than nine?

Need an answer.

Seven out of 36.

Incorrect.

We're looking for six out of 36 or 11/6.

And also for ten points.

If two fair dice are rolled, what is the probability of getting a seven or an 11?

Oh my goodness.

It's one third.

Incorrect.

It's 8/36 for 2/9.ths.

So no no no points on that bonus.

But you got ten on the tossup.

Next tossup.

What U.S. president was in office on January 1st, 1800 Eli Jefferson.

That's incorrect.

Can you take it?

Gallatin?

Garrett Adams prompt John Quincy Adams.

Incorrect.

I don't know.

It's John Adams, the first one.

So no points on that toss up.

We'll go to our next toss up.

Name the Roman goddess of love often- Eli.

Venus.

Venus is correct for ten.

For ten points.

What Two chemicals are required for photosynthesis?

Carbon dioxide.

Oxygen?

No.

Oxygen is a product.

What?

Oxygen?

Need an answer.

Water.

Water and carbon dioxide.

That's correct.

Also for ten points.

What are the.

What are the two end products of photosynthesis?

Glucose, oxygenation, oxygen and glucose.

That is correct.

Oxygen, glucose.

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

There.

Next toss up.

What French impressionist an M person.

Eli.

Monet?

Monet is correct.

Your bonus.

There are four U.S. states that border exactly two other states.

Five points each for the ones you can name.

Tennessee.

One of them in New Hampshire, [whispering] [whispering] Need your answer.

Maine and New Hampshire and, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Incorrect.

We're looking for Florida.

Rhode Island, South Carolina and Washington state.

Oh, so no points on that bonus.

You got ten on the tossup.

Next tossup.

Name the mythical animal resembling a horse with a single- Eli.

Unicorn.

Unicorn is correct for ten.

Bonus for ten points.

How far are you from your image when you stand 7500m in front of a vertical plain mirror?

[whispering] [whispering] 1.5m?

That's correct.

Also, for ten points, how fast do you approach your image when you approach a vertical plane mirror at a speed of two meters per second?

Four meters per second?

That is correct.

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

Next toss up.

What John Milton work describes the following Gareth.

Paradise Lost Paradise Lost is correct.

Here's your bonus for Gallatin for ten points.

Metallic elements are often obtained from ores.

Name the metallic element which is produced from the ore. Bauxite.

Aluminum.

Aluminum.

Aluminum is correct and also for ten points.

Metallic elements are often obtained from ores.

Name the metallic element which is produced from the ore. Chalk.

Chalk aside.

Zinc.

That one is copper.

So ten on the bonus and ten on the tossup.

Give you 20.

Next toss up.

Bill Boyd was a spy in what war ?

Eli.

Revolutionary.

Incorrect.

Can you take a Gallatin?

Andrew.

The Civil War?

The US Civil War is correct for ten points each.

Name the state that each of these national forests is in.

Chattahoochee, Tennessee.

Tennessee.

Incorrect.

It is Georgia and Apalachicola.

Tennessee.

That one is Florida.

So no points on the bonus.

But you got ten on the tossup.

Next tossup.

Cracked, Raw or lightly cooked eggs can lead to food poisoning.

Salmonella.

That's correct.

All right.

And at the end, bonuses?

Yes.

For ten points to what human organ does the word ophthalmic apply?

[whispering] The eyes?

That's correct.

Also, for ten points, what is the name of the outer transparent layer on the anterior surface of the human eye?

The cornea.

Correct.

The cornea.

Cornea?

Cornea is correct.

So 20 on the bonus and ten a toss up.

Give you a total of 30 for that clue.

And we've come to the end of round one.

We've got a score of Gallatin A with 30 and Cookville A with 165.

When we come back, we're going to have Lightning round and Gallatin will get to choose first between these categories.

Olympics or economic terms.

So come on back for the lightning round.

Welcome back.

We've got a great championship match going on between Gallatin A and Cookeville.

Gallatin is going to choose first in the Lightning round from the categories of Olympics and economic terms.

What'll it be?

Economic terms.

Economic terms.

All right.

So you will identify these economic terms from the following definitions.

You'll get ten points for each correct answer and a 20 point bonus if you get them all correct.

We've got 60s on the clock.

Here we go.

Association of workers organized to improve wages.

Union.

Property used by a borrower to secure a loan Pass.

Union of two or more independent corporations.

Pass.

A plan to allocate expenses and income.

Budget.

Budget.

Any business that sells goods directly to individuals.

Pass.

The desire for a commodity,.

Demand.

difference between income and expenses, Profit.

Difference between assets and liabilities.

Pass.

Loss of value of assets over time.

Depreciation.

Publicly traded shares in a business.

Stocks.

Property used by a borrower to secure a loan.

[whispering] Assets.

Union of two or more independent corporations.

Merger.

Any business that sells goods directly to individuals.

[whispering] Wholesale.

All right.

And ten.

20.

30.

40.

50.

60, 70, 70 points.

70 points on that bonus.

Great job guys.

That brings your score up to 100.

The ones we missed.

Property used by a borrower to secure a loan is collateral.

Any business that sells goods directly to individuals is retail.

And the difference between assets and liabilities is equity.

So excellent job there.

And now Cookville is going to have to grapple with Olympics.

So you will be naming the country in which the following Winter Olympics were held.

Ten points for each correct answer.

An extra 20 point bonus if you get them all correct.

All right, we've got 60s on the clock.

Here we go.

Lake Placid, that's in Canada, Canada, Nagano.

Pass.

Sochi.

That's Japan.

Japan.

Lillehammer.

Pass.

Innsbruck.

Pass.

Saint Moritz.

Pass.

Albertville.

Pass.

Squaw Valley.

United States.

United States.

Calgary, Canada.

Canada.

Turin or Torino.

Italy.

Italy.

Nagano.

Canada.

Japan.

Nope.

Little hammer.

Germany.

Germany.

Innsbruck.

Britain.

Britain.

United Kingdom.

Saint Margaret, son.

Out of time.

Okay.

40.

40 points on that bonus.

Bringing your score up to 205.

Lake Placid is in the United States.

Sochi is in Russia.

Little Hummers in Norway.

Innsbruck is in Austria.

Saint Moritz is in Switzerland.

Albertville is in France.

And the rest you get.

Great job there.

We're going to pause for a break and we're going to come back with round two.

So stay with us.

Welcome back.

After a great lightning round, we do have a substitution.

A new player for Cookeville High School's A-Team.

We'd like to welcome Lizeth.

And now we're going to get started with round two.

So buzzers ready.

We've got Gallatin with a score of 100 and Cookville a with a score of 205.

We're going to get started with a toss up.

What two planets in the Earth's solar system have no natural satellites, Gareth.

Mercury and Venus.

Mercury and Venus is correct for ten.

Here are your bonus opportunities for five points each.

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

Massive group of rocks in southern England.

Stonehenge.

From the Bible.

Author of the Song of Songs.

So, Solomon.

What philatelists collect.

Stamps.

Stamps and language of ancient Epic poems of India.

Sanskrit.

Sanskrit.

Got them all for 20.

So 20 on that bonus.

And ten on the toss up gives you 30.

Next toss up.

What are nerve cells called?

Eli?

Prions.

Incorrect.

Can you take it, Andrew?

Neurons.

Neurons.

Correct.

For ten.

Here's your bonus for ten points in 1902, she was the first woman to have her picture appear on a U.S. postage stamp.

Who was she?

[whispering] Just no answer.

That would be Martha Washington.

Also, for ten points in 1938, a series of postage stamps were issued to honor all the former U.S. presidents.

Marshall Martha Washington also had a stamp in this series.

How many cents postage was it for?

Two.

One and a half cents.

So no points on the bonus.

But you got ten on the toss up.

Next toss up.

Gregorio Fuentes died in 2002 at the age of 104, in Cuba.

He was the model for a 1953 novel by Ernest Hemingway.

Name.

The novel Eli.

A Farewell to Arms.

That is incorrect.

Can you take it?

Gallatin.

Bryce.

Shooting an elephant?

Great guess, but we're looking for the, old man and the Sea.

next tossup.

What did the American colonists call the parliamentary legislation that extended Quebec south to the Ohio River, among other things?

Gareth.

The intolerable act.

That is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus.

For five or for ten points.

Five.

15 ohm resistors are connected in series.

The equivalent resistance of this combination is what?

75 ohms.

That is correct.

Also, for ten points, five 15 ohm resistors are connected in parallel.

The equivalent resistance of this combination is what?

15 Incorrect.

That is three ohms.

So you got ten on the bonus and ten on the tossup giving you 20.

Next, toss up.

The point where three medians of a triangle meet is called what?

Kathryn.

In center.

Incorrect.

Can you take it?

Gallatin.

Bryce.

Or at the center.

We're looking for centroid.

Centroid.

So next tossup.

What type of figurative language puts together two incompatible parts as in the following.

The president will put the ship of state on its feet.

Eli.

personification.

Incorrect, Andrew.

Oxymoron.

Incorrect.

That's a mixed metaphor.

Mixed metaphor.

So next, toss up in radios.

What does FM mean?

Gareth.

Frequency.

Frequency modulation.

Frequency modulation is correct.

Here are bonuses for ten points.

What quantity has units of tau?

Pressure.

Pressure.

Pressure.

Pressure is correct.

Also for ten points, name the SI unit of pressure defined as one Newton per square meter.

Pascal.

That is correct.

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

Next tossup.

What is a frozen river that flows- Gareth.

Glacier.

That is correct.

Here are your bonuses for ten points.

What is the only crime mentioned in the United States Constitution?

Treason.

That's correct.

Also, for ten points.

Three limitations on the separation of the states from each other's laws.

Are full faith and credit.

Privileges and immunities.

And what other?

Checks and balances.

Incorrect.

We're looking for extradition there.

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

Give you 20.

Next, toss up.

The rapidly moving stream of charged particles that is being- Gareth.

Solar wind.

That is correct for ten.

Here's your bonus for ten points.

What is the term used to describe positive ion a positive ion, which may be attracted to a negative electrode?

Cation?

That's correct.

Also, for ten points, what is the term used to describe the process in which an electric current produces a chemical change?

Electrolysis?

That's correct.

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

Next toss up.

What is the fossilized resin in which mold carries amber?

Amber is correct.

Here are your bonuses for ten points.

A megaton is how many times larger than a kiloton?

Thousand.

A thousand?

That's correct.

Also for ten points.

How many millimeters are in a kilometer?

1 million.

That is correct.

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

Next tossup.

What is the name of the ocean whose wind systems caused an almost complete reversal?

Andrew.

The Indian Ocean, Indian Ocean is correct.

Here are your bonuses for five points each.

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

The Bluegrass State Kentucky.

Bottom.

Most longitudinal structural element on a boat.

Keel.

Persian Gulf country.

Kuwait.

Defer to Kuwait.

Correct.

And green colored fruit about the size of a small plum.

Yeah.

[whispering] Incorrect.

So you got three of those Kentucky, Kiel and Kuwait.

The fruit was kiwi, so you get 15 on the bonus and ten on the toss up, giving you 25.

Next toss up.

What Three elements besides iron make up the alloy our Nico used for making- Eli Aluminum.

Cobalt and nickel.

That's correct.

Got him.

So for, for ten, here are your bonuses for ten points.

The splitting of the nucleus of an atom into two or more nuclei of lighter mass is called What?

Fusion?

It's correct.

Also, for ten points, alpha particles are nuclei of what atoms.

Right.

Helium.

Helium.

That's correct.

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

Next tossup.

In what part of the flowering plant does fertilization take?

Gareth.

Nearest stamen.

That's incorrect.

I'll finish it for Cookeville.

This fertilization take place.

Eli.

The pistol?

Incorrect.

This is the ovary.

The next toss up.

What is the name of the essential matter of all animal and plant cells whose root word means first formed.

Eli.

The primo.

Incorrect.

Can you take it Gallatin?

Top.

Sorry.

Plasm.

Cytoplasm.

Incorrect.

We're looking for protoplasm.

So no points there.

Next toss up.

What is the name of the second stomach of a bird?

Rice.

Gizzard.

Gizzard is correct.

Here's your bonus.

For ten points.

The discovery of penicillin ushered in the age of antibiotics.

Who discovered penicillin?

Yeah.

Fleming.

Correct.

Also for ten points on January 23rd, 1849, this woman was granted the first medical doctor degree.

Who was she?

[whispering] Need an answer.

Franklin.

It's Elizabeth Blackwell.

So you got ten on the bonus and ten on the toss up, giving you 20 more.

And that brings us to the end of round two.

We've got Gallatin A with a score of 315 and Cookeville A with a score of 235.

Great job.

Both teams.

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