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Where high school students from all over the state compete for scholarship money.
These are dedicated students who work hard everyday to do their best academically.
Questions in science, technology engineering, math and history.
Keep track and see how well you do up against the best high school students in Alabama.
Now here's your host, Mike Royer Alabama Scholars Bowl.
My name is Mike Royer, it's my pleasure to host this program her on Alabama public television.
Some of the best and brightest students from all around Alabama come into our studio and answer some pretty tough questions in a wide variety of areas.
And we hope that you play along at home.
We welcome to our studio, today the team from TR Miller High School, good to have you back with us, and Clark County High School back with us here close to me.
About midway through the program we'll meet each individual player, they'll tell you a little bit about themselves, but the main thing we are here for is to ask questions and answer questions and so, let's get started.
Buzzers in hand, we'll begin.
Remember if you answer the question correctly your team will get a bonus question.
Here we go.
In 2019 what products whose largest manufacture is "Juul" were banned by San Francisco.. (buzzer sounds) - And buzzing in, Sam?
- Vapes - Uh, do we accept vape products?
Yes, we do, don't we?
E-cigarettes was the first answer, but vape is fine.
(buzzer sounds) - Your bonus question now, is the proverb that there's no place like home comes from Zeus and the tortoise a tale attributed to what author?
- Aesop - That's right.
That's one of the fables.
Question for everyone: What author wrote about Antoine Roquentin's 'sweetish sickness' in Nausea and about damned souls who discover that hell is the other people in No Exit?
Who's is the author?
Anyone?
Jean Paul Sartre is the right answer.
Here is the next question.
Mosaic and Netscape are what kind of applications since they send and receive data using HTTP that can store cookies and can be used to access websites?
- (buzzer sounds) - Matthew?
- [Matthew] Browser.
- [Mike] A web browser is right, your bonus question T.R Miller, what god, the brother of the canine Xolotl, gave mankind the gift of maize, and was depicted by the Aztecs as a feathered serpent?
- Quetzalcoati.
- [Mike] That is correct.
What Russian Tzar who came to power in 1547 and ordered... - (buzzer sounds) - Matthew?
- [Matthew] Ivan the Terrible.
- [Mike] Ivan the Terrible is right.
Your bonus question.
What force driven by instantaneous dipoles is the weakest of the Vanderval's forces and is named for a physicist rather than a European capital?
- No response.
- London Dispersion is the correct answer.
Both teams.
What novel, who's antagonist are lead by chief Weasel was written by Kenneth Graham and features characters like Mole... - (buzzer sounds) - [Matthew] The Wind of the Willows - [Mike] The Wind of the Willows, your bonus what city at the southern end of Vancouver Island is the capital of British Columbia?
- Victoria.
- Victoria is right.
What materials who's interstitial type has small atoms in spaces between larger atoms are solid solutions of a metal with other elements?
- (buzzer sounds) - Matthew?
- [Matthew] Alloy - [Mike] Alloy is right, Cicero called what ancient Greek, the father of history for chronicaling the Greco-Persian wars in his histories... - Herodotus.
- That is correct, toss up question, both teams, what country once called Sang Domang was lead by dictator Papa Doc Duvalier who had a parliamentary unit... - (buzzer sounds) - Haiti - Haiti is right, a Voodoo monster you bonus question, Carl Henderson confirmed Paul Derock's prediction of antimatter when he discovered what antiparticle that is the counterpart of the electron?
- Proton - It was positrons was the answer we wanted.
The only black republican in the house of representatives is from what state, which is also represented by Louis Gomrad, John Cornin, and Tom Cruz?
- (buzzer sounds) - Matthew?
- [Matthew] Texas.
- [Mike] Texas is right, bonus question what Spanish architect's Sagrada Familia cathedral who's contr ustion began in 1882 is scheduled to be completed in 2026?
- Gaudi.
- Gaudi is right, toss up everybody.
What trees genes in corcus have an evergreen or live type have wood often used in wine barrels and grow from nuts and cup yules called acorns?
- (buzzer sounds) - Matthew?
- [Matthew] Oak.
- [Mike] Oak trees is right.
Your bonus.
The raven Moses, who makes up stories of sugar candy mountain appears in what novella that depicts the rise of an authoritarian pig names Napoleon?
- Animal farm.
- Animal farm is right.
Toss up.
What man who's the know nothing candidate in the 1856 presidential election signed the compromise of 1850 after succeeding Zachary Taylor... - (buzzer sounds) - Millet Filmore - That's right, bonus.
Pencil and paper for a math question.
What is the discriminant of the quadratic equation 4x2 - 3x+5 given that the equation has no real roots that is your bonus question Miller.
Anyone got an answer?
- Two - It is -71, minus 71 everyone, in what European city is the tear garden park separated from the unter dun lindon boulevard?
- (buzzer sounds) - Berlin - Berlin is correct, your bonus question now.
In monopoly, how much rent is owed for landing on a railroad who's owner owns one other railroad or for landing on boardwalk with no houses?
- 25?
- Its 50 dollars, 50 dollars is what you pay.
Next question, what mathematical term means the probability of avoiding a type two error or the set of all subsets of a set and can also be a synonym of exponent?
- (buzzer sounds) - Power.
- Power is right, Accume's Razor is also known as the law of what 9 letter term for the simplicity of a theory?
Your bonus question.
- No response.
- The answer is the law of parsimony.
Next question, what surname is shared by a Jazz saxophonist named Bird and the author of - (buzzer sounds) - I don't see the light, Will?
- [Will] Charlie Wilson - [Mike] Uh no, that is incorrect.
I will finish it here, the author of Enough Rope, a witty member of the Algonquin round table named Dorothy?
You guys know the name?
- (buzzer sounds) - What is it Sam?
- [Sam] Charlie?
- [Mike] It's Parker, Charlie Parker.
Toss up for everyone, what man who's revealed to be a segregationist in Go Set a Watchmen is a make home country lawyer... - (buzzer sounds) - Matthew?
- [Matthew] Atticus Finch.
- [Mike] Atticus Finch is right, your bonus.
What American author depicted himself as William Lee in a novel about his experience with drugs entitled Make it Lunch...?
- No response.
- It is William S. Burrows.
Everyone, in 1659, Christian Hogans patented the first clock based on one device, a swing mass, that returns to equilibrium through the effect of gravity... - (buzzer sounds) - And its called, Cody?
- [Cody] Pendulum.
- [Mike] Pendulum is correct, your bonus question.
Mogul emperor Akbar the Great abolished the jizya, a tax on people not of what religion?
- Islam - Islam is the right answer.
Toss up question, what game series which includes the action RPG Brotherhood of Steel and the controversial... - (buzzer sounds) - Sam?
- Fallout.
- Fallout is right, your bonus.
A technique known as mark and recapture is used to estimate what quantity related to an animals species.
Got an answer?
- Range?
- It is population, population size.
Everyone Anne of Denmark was the wife of what first steward king of England who succeeded Elizabeth the First and sponsored a sixteen eleven ... - (buzzer sounds) - Matthew?
- James?
- Judges?
Need more?
- The first of England.
- Yes James first of England, your bonus.
On a rested development, Henry Winkler played a lawyer with what first name who is also the title of Bill Hader's show about a hitman turned actor?
Anyone know the show?
- No response.
- All right, it is Barry, Barry is the answer.
Two more questions, three more questions.
What poet depicted just another kind of outdoor game between the speaker and a man who says 'good fences make good neighbors' in his poem Mindy Wall?
- (buzzer rings) - Will?
- Frost.
- Robert Frost, that's right.
Your bonus question what position to which Joy Harjoe was named in 2019 had previously been held by Rita Dove who's books include Thomas and Beulah?
What's the title?
- No response - Poet Laureate is the answer we wanted.
The Elephante caves are in what city?
The center of Bollywood film industry, that lies on India's west coast - (buzzer sounds) - Sam?
- [Sam] Calcutta?
- [Mike] That is not correct, I'll finish it for you.
That lies on India's west coast and is it's most populous city?
- (buzzer sounds) - Mumbai - [Mike] Mumbai is right, your bonus.
And you will need pencil and paper.
If the letter D represents a circles diameter then the area of the circle is pi times d squared times what constant?
Need an answer?
- One half.
- Its one quarter or 0.25.
Last question of this round everybody.
What word identifies both the storms that dwarted the Mongolian Empires invasion of Japan - (buzzer sounds) - Sam.
- [Sam] Kamikaze.
- [Mike] Kamikaze is right.
And your last bonus question.
Last one of the round.
The name of what movement of British textile workers who destroyed looms to protest industrialization refers generally to those opposed to technology?
- Luddite - Luddite is right, well done.
Lay down your buzzers, take a breath, and we will now move to the lighting round.
As you probably know at home from watching faithfully at this portion of the program the team that's trailing slightly will choose first of four categories.
They will answer as many questions as they can in 60 seconds.
The leading team then does two lightening rounds then back for the final one with the other team at this point, Clark County, you're trailing by a bit so you get to choose first from these categories, you ready?
Choose from biology prose, historical ships, geographic extremes, or national flags.
Chat quickly and decide among those, biology prose, historical ships, geographic extremes, or national flags.
What would you like to try?
- Flags.
- You want to do flags?
National flags.
You'll have 60 seconds to do this, but before we do, lets find out just a bit more about each of you Karice would you begin?
- [Karice] My name is Karice Autry, I'm a freshman at Clark County High school and I dance at Dynamic Dance Dimensions.
- [Veda] My name is Veda Autry.
I'm in the ninth grade and my favorite subject is creative writing.
- [Sam] My name is Sam, my favorite subjects are history and foreign language.
- [Cody] My name is Cody and my favorite subjects are calculus and physics.
- [Mike] Very good.
Lets see how you do with national flags.
When the time starts, you'll answer the following questions about national flags.
Here we go.
Number of red stripes on the U.S. flags?
- Seven.
- Seven is correct.
Constellation on the Australian flag?
- Pass.
- Animal on the flag of Bhutan?
- Dragon.
- Correct.
Emblem on the center of the Canadian flag?
- Maple leaf.
- Correct.
Germany's flag features bands of black, red and this color?
- Gold.
- Correct.
Religion who's symbol appears on the flag of Pakistan?
- Islam.
- Correct.
Color of the cross on the flag of Switzerland?
- White.
- That's right.
Number of stars on the flag on China?
- Four.
- It is five.
Number of vertical stripes on the flag of Italy?
- Three.
- Correct.
Central American country who's flag depicts two men and a Mahogany tree?
- Nicaragua.
- It is Belize.
It is Belize.
Went through that quickly and got a lot of that right, I believe seven correct on that lightening round.
Well done, now we go over to T.R.
Miller you had three to choose from, you'll choose two categories, biology prose, historic ships, or geographic extremes.
Matthew if you already decided.
- [Matthew] Historical ships and geographic extremes.
- [Mike] Very good, we'll do them in that order for you and we'll do that right after we meet the players from T.R.
Miller.
Alyssa would you start?
- [Alyssa] I'm Alyssa Snowden, I'm a senior at T.R Miller, and my favorite subject is English.
- [Anna] I'm Anna Bishop, I'm a sophomore at T.R.
Miller, and my favorite subject is literature.
- [Matthew] I'm Matthew Bishop, senior from T.R.
Miller, and my favorite subject is history.
- [Will] I'm Will Terall, I'm a senior at T.R Miller and my favorite subject is history.
- [Mike] Alrighty, let's see how much you know about historical ships.
You're going to name these ships in 60 seconds.
Ready?
Unsinkable liner that sank in 1912.
- Titanic.
- British liner torpedoed by a U-Boat in may of 1915?
- (inaudible) - Ship that brought the pilgrims to Plymouth colony?
- Mayflower - Sister-ship of Nina and Pinta?
- Santa-Maria.
- Site of the Japanese surrender at the end of WW2?
- Missouri.
- Lord Nelson's flagship for the battle of Trafalgar?
- HMS Victory.
- That's right.
Ship who's sinking precipitated the Spanish American war?
- The Maine.
- The ship that fought the Virginia and Hampton roads?
- The Monitor.
- Ship who's explosion at Pearl Harbor killed eleven hundred and seventy seven people?
- Arizona - Arizona.
A greenpea ship bombed in 1985?
- Pass.
- And that's the only one you passed you have fifteen second, greenpea ship bombed in 1985?
- No answer.
- I was rooting for you to get this last one.
Since it would have been a perfect ten but well played you got nine of them correct.
The last one was called the Rainbow Warrior.
The next time that comes up, you'll get all ten.
All right, well done, and you have another category.
This is geographical extremes in 60 seconds you're going to answer the following about geographical extremes on earth.
Ready?
Mountain range home to Mount Everest?
- Himalaya - Correct.
The seeing tower in this countries tallest structure?
- (inaudible) - It's Canada.Smallest country be area and population?
- Vatican city.
- Correct.
Southern most U.S state?
- Hawaii.
- Correct.
Body of water who's coast is the Earth's lowest land elevation?
- Dead sea.
- Ecuadorian peak that is the farthest from the Earth's center?
- Pass.
- Trench home to challenger deep the lowest point on the world's seabed?
- Mariana Trench.
- World's tallest building?
- Pass.
- Tallest mountain in antarctica?
- Mount Everest.
- That is incorrect.
The world's smallest island country area, who's capital is Yarun?
- (inaudible) - That's incorrect as well.
You passed on the trench home to, no you got that.
World's tallest building you passed on.
That's correct, and you passed on the Ecuadorian peak that's the farthest from the Earth's center, that's Mount Chimborazo.
But you knew that, everybody knows that.
I'd never heard of that before.
Well played, all teams, we come back with one category left for you Clark County.
Everybody dodged biology prose, as long as they could, but now it's all come on your shoulders.
In 60 seconds you're going to give these biology terms that being with the letters "P","R","O", ready?
First stage of Mitosis?
- Prophase.
- Correct.
A disease predicted progression.
- Pass.
- Macromolecule made up of amino acids and polypeptides.
- Police?
- Its proteins.
Hormone that stimulates milk production.
- Pass.
- Eukaryote that is neither plant, fungus, or animal.
- Pass.
- Excreting gland of the male reproductive system.
- Prostate.
- That's correct.
Microorganism that benefits the gut, such as those in yogurt.
- Probiotic.
- That's correct.
Term of all of the contents of a cell inside a membrane.
- Pyoplasm.
- That is correct.
An artificial replacement body part.
- Prosthetic.
- That's correct.
Another name for autotrophic organisms.
- It's called producers.
- You passed on a disease predicted progression, that's prognosis.
Remind me sometime to tell you my prognosis story, all right.
I know you will all remember to do that.
We have six minutes and thirty seconds left in the program and for the latter part of the program, I'll ask questions and you'll answer them.
They're each worth twenty points.
We'll do as many as we possibly can as we rap up today.
Buzzers in hand, okay, lets go.
What artistic approach would sometimes prefix with photo or hyper is also called naturalism and aims to depict things as they actually are - (buzzer sounds) - Realism.
- Realism is right, thank you good job.
What steel driving full kero died - (buzzer sounds) - John Henry - John Henry, what man who's youth is depicted in Norman Maler's novel the Castle in the Forest died along with his lover Eva Braun in 1945 - (buzzer sounds) - Adolf Hitler - What airline named for an old name for China warned its employees not to participate in Hong Kong protest in 2019?
- (buzzer sounds) - Cathay.
- More information.
Cathay.. - Airlines.
- Its Cathay Pacific Airways, good try though.
What great egyptian Pharaoh also called Azi Mandiaz constructed the - (buzzer sounds) - Ramesses.
- Ramesses, is um more.
- The second.
- The second is right, what term which is come to denote a certain plot contrivance originally named a Greek theatrical device that suspended actors - (buzzer sounds) - Cliche.
- No that is incorrect.
Named a Greek theatrical device that suspended actors over a stage - (buzzer sounds) - (inaudible) - That is correct.
Pencil and paper for a math question.
What is the area of a right triangle with an integer length sides a hypotenuse of length 13 and legs with lengths of five and twelve?
- (buzzer sounds) - 60.
- That is incorrect.
- 15 - No the answer is thirty.
Thirty is the right answer.
Continuing on, what property of a square matrix can be found by cofactor expansion and equals a d a d minus b c for two times two matrix?
Anyone?
That is a determinant.
A determinant.
What material use with gold used to sculpt the Athena Parthenos is like bones and teeth used for - (buzzer sounds) - Ivory.
- Ivory is the right answer.
A woman who gave her child some broth without any bread lived in what type of an object.
- (buzzer sounds) - A shoe.
- Lived in a shoe that's right.
No longer as ease is a sequel to what novel that features Uzima and Woyay and other relatives of (inaudible) and is the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe?
- (buzzer sounds) - Things Fall Apart.
- Things fall apart is a good shot.
- The Paris Peace Conference was held at the end of the war, what war?
Resulted in the treaties of - (buzzer sounds) - World War One - World War One is right.
What book which was reportedly translated from reformed Egyptian and engraved on golden tablets was published in 1830 by Joseph Smith?
- (buzzer sounds) - Book of Mormon.
- Book of Mormon is right.
In 2017 a coup d'etat let by Emerson Managagua became president of Zimbabwe replacing what dictator who ... - (buzzer sounds) - Mugabe - Mugabe is right, which US state protected area including capital reef, the island in the sky which is part of the Kangin lands national park in Bryce canyon - (buzzer sounds) - Utah - Utah is right.
What team will play the Yankees in 2020 on the field of dreams in Iowa is led by starting pitcher Louis - (buzzer sounds) - Chicago White Socks.
- The White Socks will play the Yankees.
What form of electric power, which in American homes typically has a frequency of 60 hertz was championed by Tesla - (buzzer sounds) - Alternating current - Alternating current is right.
Schottky and Finkle are are types of what interruptions in the repeating pattern of a crystal structure?
- (buzzer sounds) - Vibrations.
- No, anyone else.
Crystal defects is the answer.
Railroad bars heated and bent around tree trunks were known as the neckties of what - (buzzer sounds) - Sherman - William Sherman.
The complex of angor appears on the flag of what asian country?
- Cambodia.
- Cambodia is correct.
What country who's city of Oran is the setting ... - (buzzer sounds) - Algeria.
- Algeria is right.
What president won reelection by fighting the efforts of charting the second bank of the united states... - Jackson.
- Andrew Jackson is right.
And a little more than a minute left.
What father of Hyades, Hesperides, and Pleiades was not imprisoned in Tatoras like his titan siblings... - (buzzer sounds) - Atlas.
- Atlas is right.
What more populous of New Zealand's two main islands is home to Wellington and ... - (buzzer sounds) - North Island.
- North Island is right.
What novel and which estella is instructed by miss ... - (buzzer sounds) - Good expectations - Good expectations is right.
In July 2019, what Michigan congressman who was the first house representative republican to claim Donald Trump ... - Justin O'Mash - Justin O'Mash is right.
Last question, what place which partly titles a is the Pine Ridge reservation and is the site of the 1890 massacre of members of the Lacota Tribe?
- (buzzer sounds) - Wounded Knee - Wounded Knee is right.
That wraps it up for this program for today, T.R Miller and Clark County all of you played well, it's a pleasure being with all of you and listening to how bright you all are and do such a good job.
T.R Miller won this round today.
Well done, well played today, and to you Clark County, you played well several times on our program and its good to have you back with us.
We are proud of all of you, we are proud of all of our students.
Thanks for watching the Alabama Scholars Bowl.
I'm Mike Royer, thanks for having us in your home.
And have a great day everybody.