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Now here's your host, Mike Royer.

Hello, everyone, and welcome once again to the Alabama Scholar's Bowl.

My name is Mike Royer.

We're glad you've joined us for our program today.

We're here every week on Alabama Public Television.

We are in the middle of our middle school competition.

We have two fine teams in the studio today.

Barry Middle School from the Birmingham area.

These fine students will finish at Berry and go on to the fine Spain Park High School.

And the Jaguars there.

We're glad you're in our studio today.

And from here in the Montgomery area, the students from the Baldwin Arts and Academic Magnet School.

Gentlemen, you look great today.

And we're glad you're in our studio and glad you're with us.

Our executive producer is Mike Ousley.

Our judges are Sharon Daly, Josh Rusk, Kate Wilson, and Ed Harris.

Thanks to everybody here at Alabama Public Television for making the program happen.

Speaking of the program, it involves questions.

You've heard about that, right?

I'm going to ask you 20 questions.

If your team answers correctly, you get a bonus.

Let's see how we do.

This man sparked a civil war by crossing the Rubicon River and causing and buzzing in is Amish.

Caesar is the right answer.

Quick start for you and your bonus question.

Delta became the last passenger airline in the United States to operate this aircraft in 2017.

What Boeing aircraft, dubbed the Queen of the skies, is notable for having a hump at the front with its cockpit on the upper level.

What aircraft is that?

Boeing 747.

That's exactly right.

747 is still out there.

Some, including the president's plane.

Moving on for everyone now.

This type of flow occurs at high Reynolds numbers and is contrasted with laminar flow.

Parallel streams of fluid cross and curl around each other in what chaotic type of fluid flow that might cause bumpy airplane rides.

What's that called been?

Turbulence is correct.

Bonus question for you, Barry.

A dictator of this country who called himself the last king of Scotland, overthrew Milton.

About what East African country was led by Edmund during much of the 1970s.

You know which country that is?

Somalia.

It's good to take a shot.

The answer, though, is Uganda.

Uganda is the right answer.

Toss up for both teams.

In a poem from this country, the narrator describes how they raise their head and look at the bright moon.

The poem Quiet Night thought.

And it is Aaron.

China is the right dynasty from the Tang dynasty.

Your bonus question in this city, a meeting that decided the Plan of Union led a politician to create a cartoon of a cut up snake titled Join or Die.

The Erie Canal connected Buffalo to what city?

Where?

A 1754 congress was organized by Benjamin Franklin in New York's capital, Albany.

Albany, New York is the right answer.

Question for for everybody.

This large body of water is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar, and is bound to the east by the and rainy.

And the Mediterranean Sea is right.

Your bonus question what movement promoted by the Silent Sentinels began with the drafting of the Declaration of Sentiments, and secured the ratification of the 19th amendment after protest by Susan, Susan B Anthony and Alice Paul.

What is that?

Women's suffrage?

That's exactly right.

Never needed.

Well done.

Toss up for everybody.

A style of Chinese paintings in this genre called Shen Shui is often done in ink wash.

Brueghel and the elder painted a work in this genre with The Fall of Icarus.

Name.

The genre of painting that depicts natural scenery and what is that called?

Barretts to life?

That's not the answer we needed.

Do you guys have an answer?

And it's Hamish Lenski.

It is landscape.

That's right.

Bonus question for you, Baldwin.

Pat Buchanan is one member of the paleo form of this ideology that opposes the neo form of it.

The George W Bush is often identified with what ideology advocating.

Tradition is often contrasted with liberalism.

In the APC conservatism.

That's correct.

All right.

Next question.

We have 20 of these despite being 44 to 29.

This team 44 and 29, the winning record.

This team fired coach Taylor Jenkins in 2025 J. Morant, this team's star point guard, was fined.

And it's Grizzlies Memphis Grizzlies Memphis Grizzlies is exactly right.

Bonus this country state of Pernambuco is governed from Recife by name.

This country, whose cities include Salvador, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Brazil is right.

Moving on.

Question seven.

Prayers in this practice are grouped into decades, each of which is a set of ten Hail Marys.

During what practice do worshipers keep track of their prayers?

May Margaret the Rosary, the Rosary, the Holy Rosary is right.

Good job.

Here's the bonus question for you, Barry.

The unification of this country was led by men like Count of Cavanaugh, who helped make Victor Emmanuel the second.

Its first king, Giuseppe Garibaldi, fought to unify what European country by expanding Piedmont, Sardinia and capturing Rome.

Spain.

Italy is the answer we needed there.

Moving on, depictions of Mithras often show him slaying one of these animals after minus refused to sacrifice it.

Pacific.

Pacific E was cursed to love one of these animals and buzzing in his I'm looking image.

Miletus.

Nope.

That's incorrect.

I'm going to finish it for you.

Barry was cursed to love one of these animals.

The Militaire had the head of what type of animal may Margaret?

Bull?

Bull is correct.

Bull of cows would be acceptable to God.

A math question for a bonus.

I know you love that.

What is the probability of rolling a prime number on a fair six sided die?

What is the probability?

Everybody's looking at you, Barrett.

You got an answer?

Say 75%.

It's one half.

One over 2 or 0.5 is the right answer question for both teams.

Moving on by choosing Dara Shikoh as his successor, this ruler was overthrown and held captive in the Agra Fort, named this Mughal Empire and his and husband of Mumtaz, for whom he built the Taj and it is Shah Jahan.

Shah Jahan is right.

Here's your bonus.

These puzzles are edited by Will shortz for the New York Times, including their large Sunday edition.

What word puzzles task players to solve clues by writing answers in vertical and horizontal horizontal lines in grid boxes.

Crossword.

Crossword is correct.

Toss up everyone.

This figure fields the tops of his sheep to prevent intruders on his island from getting away.

A stake is driven into this figure's eye by a man who calls himself Amish Polyphemus.

That's correct.

Your bonus.

This man designed and built the Virginia State Capitol.

And the main house that his plantation, Monticello.

What founding father helped to draft the Declaration of Independence and was the third president Thomas Jefferson.

That's right.

Next, Eric Rudolph carried out a bombing at one of these events in Atlanta in 1996 due to Soviet beat, looking.

I don't even see a life who busted its.

You been okay?

I can't see your light.

Go ahead.

The Olympics is right.

Move your pencil there, would you really want to see your light?

So I know who to call on?

Thank you.

You got that right.

And this is your bonus for you, Barry.

Warriors of these people who were called Berserkers invaded England as part of the Great Heathen Army.

Vinland was settled by white people who sailed on long ships and were led by the explorer Leif Erikson, Viking Vikings is the right answer.

All four of you answered at once.

Impressive.

Next question for everyone.

A variation of this food from Saint Louis uses provolone cheese, while a type from Detroit is served in squares.

And it's been pizzas, right?

You know your pizza, right?

Next, next.

Bonus question for your team.

This city's location was decided in exchange for passing Alexander Hamilton's debt plan, and many of its buildings were burned after a British attack in the War of 1812.

The Potomac River runs through what capital of the United States, Washington, D.C.. That's right.

13 on the way to 20 questions in response to pressure from the EU, this company is adopting the RCS messaging system.

Apple.

Apple is the right answer bonus for you, Baldwin.

In a game from this series, Marty is cheered on by Team Yell.

And what game from this series the player can use in that game?

From this series, the player can use Dynamax at Raid Dens or Gym Battles.

What game series features trainers catching monsters such as Charizard and Pikachu?

Pokemon Pokemon is right.

Toss up for everybody.

These numbers comprise approximately N over natural log of N of the first in numbers.

The Fundamental theorem of arithmetic states that all numbers have a unique factorization into these numbers, and that prime numbers are prime numbers.

Bonus for you.

This poet described a woman searching for Gabriel during the expulsion of the Acadians, and Evangeline named the American poet who featured Minnehaha and the North Church in the Song of Hiawatha and Paul Revere's Raid.

Longfellow.

Longfellow is right.

Next, everybody.

Question 15.

Vidalia onions are named for a city in this state, which is home to a fun barnstorming baseball team named the bananas.

What states?

And Ben Georgia, right.

Bonus for you, Barry.

This actress played Harley Diaz in Stuck in the middle and starred alongside Emma myers in another show in which her character is often followed by thing Enid Sinclair's the roommate of what actress character.

Wednesday Addams.

Jenna Ortega Jenna Ortega entered with confidence.

Well done.

Few more questions here.

One holder of this title was assassinated in retaliation for the Baba Basit, the Keris massacre.

That man was Umberto, the first, Victor Emmanuel the second was the first holder of what regnal title given to rulers of a country based in Rome.

Himesh.

Emperor or emperor?

Baby?

That's incorrect.

You guys have an answer?

I read all the question.

What do you have been, know is the King of Italy that title then was King of Italy.

Let's move on to question 17.

This man founded the Living Strong Foundation and recovered from testicular cancer to win seven tour de France titles.

What American cyclist had these titles stripped?

Armstrong, Lily Armstrong.

That's right.

Lance Armstrong is the right answer.

Bonus question for you.

As tribes in this country, such as the Picts, Picts were deemed not worth subduing.

The Romans built Hadrian's Wall to keep it from the south.

Robert the Bruce and William Wallace became heroes in what country by battling against England.

Germany?

It is Scotland.

Scotland is the answer we needed.

There are three more questions here.

This plants heirloom cultivars include Black Krim, Green Zebra and Brandywine.

This plant is the main ingredient in Passata, and its juice is used in Bloody Mary cocktails.

What food is used in its lily?

Tomato, tomato is correct and your bonus question for you Yad Vashem was constructed as a museum commemorating this event, the subject of Elie Bizos memory memoir Night.

The Final Solution led to what event?

Whose victims were killed in concentration camps like Auschwitz?

Holocaust.

The Holocaust is right.

Good job.

Next, absorption of this element and phosphate are promoted by vitamin D, osteo and Arran.

Calcium is right bonus for you.

It's a math question.

If you want to grab a pencil, how many ways can a family of six choose one person to set the table and one different person to clean the table after dinner?

You didn't answer what you got.

3030 is right.

Well done.

Last question before we get to our liking, round four interludes named after this entity were excerpted by Benjamin Britten from his opera Peter Grimes name.

This entity described in Claude Dudek Debussy's work Le Maire, whose second wife, The sea, is the right answer.

Well done Aaron, your bonus?

The last bonus.

This psychologist tried to create a bomb guided by pigeons, animals must learn to press levers to get a reward in a box.

Name for this man, Walden two was written by what behaviorist who coined the term operant conditioning?

Pavlov.

Nope.

That's the answer I would have given.

But Skinner, this is B.F.

Skinner that did that.

Pavlov is what I thought the answer is going to be as well.

Lay your buttons down, take a breath, and we'll prepare to do the lightning round.

Lightning round is brought to you by the Alabama Community College System.

We appreciate their support.

There are four categories in the Lightning round, as always.

And those categories today are medical fields.

The letter are.

All the answers begin with are vampires and pink in pop culture, as you all think about that, we're going to ask you to introduce yourself.

And at the midpoint of our program, Barry Middle School, you're trailing a bit.

You got plenty of time to catch up, but you'll choose first of those categories.

Choose one, and we'll do that in just a moment.

Would you begin and let's come all the way around.

Everybody just tell us a little bit about yourself.

I'm bad.

I like basketball and, I like to eat, Italian very good.

My name is Lily Wade.

I play volleyball, and I love to read.

My name is Mae Margaret, and I love the Hunger Games series.

And I'm in The Nutcracker.

My name is Ben Webster.

I cheer for Alabama, and I like to read.

Very good.

My name is Hamish, and my favorite player or like, athlete is Cristiano Ronaldo.

Hi, my name is Naveed Pradeep.

I'm an eighth grader at Baldwin, and my favorite wonder of the world is Petra.

My name is Aaron.

I'm an eighth grader at Baldwin, and I play the violin.

I'm Eric Jewish, I'm a seventh grader at Baldwin, and my favorite book is Lord of the Rings Return of the King.

Very good.

It's good to know a little bit more about all of you.

You're all doing very well.

I know your teacher, sponsors and family are all proud of you as we are.

Let's do this lightning round.

And let's begin with you, Barry.

Mae.

Margaret, Lily, all of you, over there.

Which of the four I mentioned would you like to try?

Pink in pop culture.

Pink in pop culture.

Very good.

Let's see how we do with this.

Once I start asking the questions, you'll have 60s to answer ten questions.

And we begin by answering the following about the color pink in pop culture.

Here we go.

Best friend of SpongeBob, who lives under a rock.

Yeah, Patrick.

Counterpart of kin who lives in a pink Dreamhouse Barbie character who delivers the line on Wednesdays we wear pink in the movie Mean Girls.

Regina George it's Karen, media franchise character who is friends with the pink Amy and Orange Tails.

You can pass if you want to move on.

Taylor Swift album that includes the song me.

It has a pink and blue vinyl cover.

Lover that's right.

Company famous for their pink drink and mango dragonfruit refresher.

Starbucks right film where a law students knowledge of Ammonium Tyagi Kate helps prove Brooke Windham's innocence.

Legally blond love interest of Dick Grayson, known as Princess Corinne, are are orient.

Thank you.

Josh, you heard that pass.

That's all right.

Ruler of the Candy Kingdom and love interest of Marceline and Vampire Queen.

Plus Nintendo character named after a lawyer who defended Nintendo in a lawsuit over Donkey Kong.

Kirby Kirby is right, and time is up.

You did well.

You got seven out of ten.

And, well done.

We'll come over to you now.

Baldwin we have three categories left, which you please to choose.

Two that you'd like to do.

Never.

We'll do the letter R and vampire.

Very good one.

Do them in that order.

Let's do.

You're going to answer questions where the answer begins with the letter R obviously 60s in 1980s, U.S.

president who was in office at the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Reagan material used to make tires, dishwashing gloves and shoe soles.

First name of Jennifer Aniston's character on friends and the Oracle of Delphi in the Percy Jackson novels.

Rachel, Japanese term that describes a samurai who served no Lord.

Say again, Ronin animal who taps at the chamber door and repeats the word Nevermore in the poem by Poe Raven.

That's right.

Composers of this era of classical music included Beethoven and Mendelssohn.

360 degrees is equal to two pi of this unit that can also be alias for Figaro sings largo tom in the composer Jimmy.

That's right.

Highest ranking hand in poker.

Assuming no wild cards are flush.

Art style originated in France and characterized by ornate decorations.

Pastels in the cemetery you have eight seconds.

Pass.

Okay, you've answered all of the rest of them.

That's the last one.

Art style in France.

Romantic expressionism.

That's okay.

Good shot.

Take it.

Always take a try.

It's just Rococo.

Rococo.

You knew that.

All right, well, you'll know it next time.

And did you choose vampires for your second choice?

Yes.

Answer the following about vampires.

You got 60s.

Here we go.

Animal vampires can turn into.

Known for using.

That's right.

Food often said to ward off vampires.

It's minerals used in cooking and food preservation.

Said to ward off Filipino vampires.

Men and girl.

Cecilia and just past musical group known for songs like Oxford Coma and a punk.

Ass region of Romania where vampires are said to reside in Pennsylvania.

The author of Dracula.

Bram Stoker superhero who was killed by his adoptive son Dick Grayson in the DC versus vampires comic Batman.

Marvel Vampire Slayer, previously played by Wesley Snipes and set to be played.

That's right, father of Rictor in the Castlevania series, who faces Dracula.

He also appears in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate alongside his son Richter in the legend in, she is a vampire like spirit from this country's folklore.

In Japan, it's Ireland and you passed on mineral.

What time is up?

Anyway?

That was pretty good.

You got eight out of ten and I read that as fast as I could.

Let's see.

We come back to you now, Barry.

And we believe you're going to be stuck with medical.

Feels right.

Are you excited about this?

I know I am.

Here we go.

60s.

You're going to give.

Given a clue.

Name the branch of medicine.

For example, if I were to ask for a doctor who specializes in fixing irregular teeth and jaws, you would answer orthodontist.

That's not one of the questions.

Let's see how you do with these two.

Is ready.

Heart and blood vessel specialist.

Cardiology.

That's right.

Doctor who treats the brain and nervous system.

Neurologist.

Doctor who delivers babies ob ObGyn.

Good enough.

Judge.

Yes.

Doctor who performs operations.

Surgeon.

Doctor who works with teeth and gums.

Dentist.

Doctor who treats the eyes.

Optometrist.

That's incorrect.

It's up.

The doctor who takes care of children.

Pediatrician.

That's right.

Field of study is the spread of diseases.

Pathologist.

No.

Doctor who examined skin problems.

Dermatologist and person trained to respond first in emergencies and provide ambulance care.

Paramedic.

That's right.

They didn't skip any, did they, folks?

I think we just missed, epidemiology is the one, field of studies which got eight out of ten.

Pretty good, pretty good.

All right, well done, everybody.

Let's put that in our rearview mirror.

And you know how this goes from here on.

We have about four minutes left.

These questions are worth 20 points no bonus answer.

And move on.

Here we go.

A body of water in this country containing many limestone islands is the, long Bay.

This country south largely comprises the Mekong Delta.

Ho Chi Minh City is what country and Vietnam is correct.

The Empoli of Lorenzini allow this phenomenon to be detected by sharks as one of their two extra senses, along with the lateral line.

What phenomenon is used by a namesake type of eel to stun prey?

And it is Barrett electric.

Electric?

That's right.

Or electricity.

Next, this colony faced a period called the Starving Time, during which, and it is right here.

Eric, Jamestown is correct.

Radical members of this political party push for stronger enforcement of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments and led to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.

What party was founded to oppose slavery and was led by Lincoln and its, Lilly abolitionist?

Nope.

That's incorrect.

You guys have an answer?

Democrat?

No.

The Republican was founded to end slavery.

Next question.

The documentary Blackfish criticizes this company.

The trainer, Dawn Brancheau Brancheau was killed by an animal.

May Margaret SeaWorld is right.

A mustache was added to this painting by Marcel Duchamp.

Mona Lisa yeah, Mona Lisa is correct.

This artist claimed I'd watch a grenade for you.

I'd catch a grenade for you.

Who said that?

Bruno Mars said that this governmental department sanctioned Flack's typhoon for breaching its systems for alleged espionage.

What governmental department, which has accused China of various cyber attacks, is responsible for collecting federal taxes and printing currency?

Barrett executive.

Nope.

That's incorrect.

You guys have an answer?

Who was the IRS?

No.

It's the Department of the Treasury that does that.

Euchre is a game that uses 24 of these things.

While a typical set of these things is divided into four sets of 13.

What things?

Aaron.

Cards.

Playing cards.

Next.

This leader supported Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium.

And it is Octavius.

Oh, I'll finish it for you, Barry.

Battle of Actium.

But legendarily committed suicide via a snake by Margaret Cleopatra.

That's right.

Workers who produced this good were punished by by the force, probably by having their hands cut off in Leopold, the Second Congo Free State.

What good is used for manufacturing tires right here?

Eric?

Rubber is right.

What mission was the first to land on the Sea of Tranquility?

And in this image, Apollo 1111 is the right one.

Kegel bodies are found in this organelle where post transcriptional editing occurs in Mir in a existe exits this organelles namesake for complex may Margaret nucleus nucleus is the right answer.

Got a minute left according to superstition, saying the name of this play in a theater is bad luck.

Make it back.

Macbeth is right.

Three of these objects are stacked on top of themselves.

In a Jasper Johns work, two men are depicted holding one of these objects in the center of Washington, crossing the Delaware.

What objects with red and white?

Eric flags is right.

Murmansk Oblast sits on one of these features in northwest Russia called cola.

Gallipoli is an example of what geographic feature that includes Crimea and is surrounded by waters on three sides of the peninsula is right math question to probably in the round, find the area of the circle with equation x squared plus four x plus y squared minus two y equals four.

May.

Margaret, are you doodling.

Yeah that's exactly what I would be doing.

I'd be doodling and waiting on Barret or Ben or Lilly.

Anybody got an answer?

Somebody take a shot at it.

Now, I know you guys want to say something.

Ben.

What did you say?

No, but nine pi would be the answer we needed for that.

All right, that.

Is that right?

You guys are looking at me funny.

They'll look at me funny.

I hate it when you do that.

All right.

Good round.

You all played well.

You really did.

Pretty close match, but, Baldwin Arts and academic magnet school.

You did a great job there.

You come out on top because you guys played well and came back pretty strong in that last part of the round.

Good job.

Thank you for watching our program today.

We appreciate it.

It's the Alabama Scholar's Bowl.

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