Hello, I'm Nita Wimberly with Arkansas Governor's Close Association.

Congratulations to all the teams that have made it to the state championship.

Here is a warm up question to get you started.

What is the official state drink of Arkansas?

It really does a body good.

Live from the Arkansas TV Studios in Conway.

It's Quiz Bowl 2026.

This is our 41st year to bring you the drama and intensity of these quiz Bowl state championships.

We are thrilled you're with us today.

14 elite teams have competed all season.

For the right to be on this, the grandest quiz bowl stage in Arkansas.

It's under these high stakes television lights that seven of those teams will be crowned as state champs.

Right now we have these six a state championship featuring the Benton Panthers and the Russellville Cyclones.

Let's meet the teams.

Technical difficulties.

Guys are back.

Looks like we're having just a little bit of technical difficulties.

We will definitely get that team introduction to you in just a little bit.

But I'm going to bring Paul Gray in over here just for a little bit because we had one thing a unique about this match is that these are some veteran teams that we have here, is that right now we've got a couple of titans in the room here.

Benton is, I call them the bluest of the blue Bloods.

They have this their 21st trip to the state finals.

There's only been 41, so do the math.

That's 51%.

Then Russellville, this is their 11th trip, so we got 32 trips to the finals between these two teams.

Both of them.

Whoever wins this game will have their 10th title, which will move them in second place all time and number of titles, behind Huntsville with 11.

Well, if you have joined us, you have joined us for an incredible match because you know that's going to be a great matchup.

So let's go ahead and learn about who makes up these teams.

I'm Tim Cook and I'm only here for the lightning round.

Hi my name is Isa Ochoa.

I'm an 11th grader.

I've been in high school and this tie is currently choking me.

Hi, my name is Thomas.

I'm a junior at Benton High School, and I'm a proud founding member of the Nam Fan Club.

Hi, my name is Colin Smith.

I'm a senior in high school.

And don't worry, this is not my prom talks.

Hi, I'm Sam Sewell and I urge you, don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

Hi, I'm Hayden Pounders, I'm a junior in high school, and I'd like to thank my family, friends and teachers who supported me.

Hi, I'm Maris Kenyatta.

I'm an upcoming senior Benton High School, and I think today's a lovely day.

Hi.

I'm Nam.

I'm a junior at Benton High School, and I'm a proud founding member of the Thomas Fan Club.

My name is Aaron Bilbao Hernandez, and I think just to integrate was the greatest Byzantine emperor.

And I guess I'm a junior.

Thank you, mom, for making my lunch.

I'm Owen Dudley, I'm a senior in high school, and it's Braveheart.

Said we didn't get dressed up for nothing.

Hi, I'm Jillian, I'm a senior Benton, and I wanted to say thank you to my friends Owen Dudley and Sam Cook for letting me be their personality for the last five years.

Hi.

My name is Natalie Williams.

I'm assistant coach for Benton High School, and I feel like I've been here before.

Hi, my name is Lisa morrow.

I'm coaching from Benton today.

Let's do this.

Panthers.

Hi.

I'm Michelle Hastings, coach of the Benton High School quiz bowl team, and it's a great day to be a Fighting Panther.

Hello.

My name is Colton Breedlove.

I'm a sophomore at Russellville High School.

And shout out to Ethan Hurst.

He's my favorite chair jester.

And happy 23rd birthday.

We didn't think you'd make it.

My name is Vicki Lu.

I'm a sophomore at the Wellsville High School basketball team, and who knows what might be going on in this hat?

I really don't know myself.

Shout out to Bo Davis and Prince Albert, the second of Monaco.

Hello, my name is Victoria Long.

I am a sophomore at Russellville High School.

Shout out Jackson vitals for throwing doctor Pepper at me and happy 24th birthday to Stephen Glass.

Hi, I'm Carrington Black, a junior on the team.

Shout out to Riley Davis and Patty John.

Happy 25th birthday to quotes.

Hi, I'm Marley, I'm a junior on the quiz bowl team.

I'm just going to.

Happy 26th birthday, Mr.

Clokey.

Beat the odds.

Hi, I'm Charlotte fox.

I'm a senior on the Russellville Quiz bowl team.

Shout out to my brother Napoleon Dynamite.

And happy 27th birthday, Mr.

Gross.

Hi, my name is Alex Dunaway.

I'm a senior on the Roseville High School football team, and I'm a designated box carrier for the team.

Really, it does just hold all of the incredible.

Hi, my name is Paige Iznik.

I'm a senior on the Roswell High School quiz bowl team.

Last year, I owned over 150 pairs of weird earrings.

I know 200 pairs of weird earrings and happy 20th birthday quotes.

Hi, my name is Gideon Fuller.

I'm a senior on Roswell Quiz Bowl.

Shout out to Johnston.

One fun fact about human evolution that one theory for how we evolved bipedalism was to carry our children around as we moved.

And I think that's pretty sweet.

Happy 29th birthday, Mr.

Metaverse.

Hello, I am Keegan.

I am a senior on the Russellville High School quiz bowl team.

What is infinite?

The universe and the greed of men.

And happy 30th birthday, Mr.

Co-host.

Hi.

I mean, I'm a senior in the quiz bowl team.

Shout out to Jackson Bird.

And this is freaking sauce, our team's mascot.

You can find him on Instagram Africa.

Source underscore.

And have you, 31st birthday Mr.. Clothes.

Hi.

I'm will stump a senior captain for the rest of the quiz bowl team.

Shout out Nathan Rios for for showing up and being part of the team.

There is figure source again shout out I think 93rd birthday Mr.

Clothes something.

And this is Disney channel.

Hi.

I'm Becky crow's assistant coach for Russellville quiz fall.

Thank you to John and Amy Mims for getting us to all of our places safely.

And thank you to all the parents that have supported us this year.

Hi, I'm Kaylee Rao, assistant coach for the Cyclone Ball team.

I've had a great first year and I'm excited to watch them play today.

Shout out mom!

Stephen Gross, head coach of the Roswell Cyclones.

Big shout out to all the teachers and staff and administrators at Russellville School District.

Couldn't be here without you.

Big shout out to the board.

Which club board and all our parents and my awesome sister for her gift this morning.

And it's not my birthday, and I'm 48.

Happy birthday.

Love to see them having so much fun.

Now, that is a look at the hardware that is on the line.

Who is going to take home the state championship?

Let's find out now.

We're going to kick things off with round one a 20 question toss up round to tackle the action.

We're going to turn it over to our quiz master Jacob Harris.

Jacob over to you.

Thank you.

Christina.

My name is Jacob Harris and I'm from, Exult Academy in southwest Arkansas.

Big shout out to all my colleagues, students and everybody over there.

But I do have to wish a special happy birthday to Miss Davis.

Happy birthday, Miss Davis.

And, of course, I can't forget my very own dynamic duo, Darby and Daria.

Have a great day.

We've got, round number one, 20 toss ups.

And with that, let's begin with round number one.

Round one.

Occupying the far right column of the periodic table.

The odorless and colorless Keegan.

Russellville.

Noble gases.

That's not what I have.

Odorless and colorless noble gases include elements such as neon and argon.

Name the group by number in which these elements are found.

Ben.

Knowing 17.

That's not what I have.

I have 18 or 8.

A number two.

Often measured in pascals or PSC.

This Russellville Ian pressure.

That's not what I have.

This mechanical property corresponds to the maximum point on a material stress strain curve before fracture occurs.

Name the property that defines the greatest longitudinal stress a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before failing.

Ben.

Knowing tensile strength.

Yes.

Number three Patrick Henry introduced stamp act resolves in this assembly, which was repeat Russellville in the House of Burgesses.

Yes.

Number four this author depicted Biggar.

Thomas's.

Russellville.

Gideon, right.

Yes.

Number five, this ruler of the Duat presided over the Hall of Truth, where the hearts of the deceased bent to no one.

Osiris.

Yes.

Number six brings us to our first science computation.

Using a constant for gravity of 9.8m/s² and rounded to the whole number.

A rock falls from a cliff and hits the ground in four seconds.

How far did it fall?

Benton 20m.

That's not what I have.

Russellville, will 79m.

I have 78m.

78m.

Number seven, he is credited with helping liberate much of Northern and South America from Spanish bent.

An eastern Samoan boulevard.

Yes.

We've got a math computation.

Convert 11001100 from binary to decimal.

Russellville will do 204.

Yes.

Number nine.

This poem published in a collection paired with the lamb, opens by asking Russellville.

Gideon the Tiger.

Yes.

Number ten.

According to historical execration Tex.

Nearly 3800 years ago, this city has been besieged.

23 times, destroyed twice, and captured 44 times.

Benton.

Easton.

Baghdad.

That's not what I have.

Name this Middle Eastern city whose laws require limestone facings to preserve its historical esthetic.

Russellville.

Gideon.

Babylon.

I have Jerusalem.

Jerusalem 11.

This sculpture depicts a cowboy gripping the reins of a Russellville Gideon Remington's bronco buster.

Yes, 12.

This pathway produces nADPh and Faad two while oxidizing acetyl CoA and releases carbon dioxide through de Karbala.

Decarbia de carboxylate zation steps in the mud.

Benton, Thomas.

Krebs cycle.

Yes 13.

This 1957 play explores forbidden romance, mirroring Shakespeare's Romeo and Benton Nam.

West Side Story.

Yes, we've got another math computation.

Solve the following equation for x four minus the cube root of quantity x minus one.

Close quantity equals one.

Russellville will x equals ten.

That's not what I have.

Benton Thomas X is equal to -14.

I have x equals 28.

Number 15.

This NFL franchise began in 1976 and lost all 14 games that Benton owned Dallas Cowboys.

That's not what I have.

All 14 games that year and continued losses in 1977 for a record 26 losses in a row.

What is this team that in the 2020 season, legendary quarterback Tom Brady led to a Super Bowl win for his seventh and final ring.

Russellville, Keegan, Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Yes.

Number 16.

This type of unemployment occurs when advancements in technology make certain jobs obsolete.

Name this one.

Russellville.

Gideon.

Structural unemployment.

Yes, sir.

Number 17.

In concertos and arias, this unaccompanied passage allows a soloist to display technical.

Benton Nam cadenza.

Yes, sir.

Number 18.

While a kid needs terms like sea stars and sea urchins begin life as free swimming bilaterally symmetrical, symmetrical larvae.

They undergo metamorphosis into a five part body plan.

Name the life stage.

Benton, Thomas.

Sorry, that was an incomplete pass.

Okay.

Name the life stage at which they first display radial symmetry after larval development.

Russellville.

Gideon.

Polyp.

I have juvenile number 19, known at the time as the Cousins War.

This death, decades long conflict for the English throne featured the shifting allegiances.

Russellville, Ian.

Wars of the roses.

Yes.

And the last question of the round.

Many Native American peoples traditionally believe that all elements of the natural world humans.

Russellville.

Gideon.

Animism.

Yes, sir.

That's the end of the first 20 toss ups.

We're going to check and see if there are any challenges or substitutions.

And while we do that, I'm going to throw it back to Christina.

Thank you so much, Jacob.

And we do have Paul Gray here to talk a little bit more about.

It's a close match already.

It is.

It is just what I expected is like two heavyweight fighters to punch in at each other.

Excuse me.

This is a really, two really good teams.

This.

In the last ten years, these teams have met five times in the finals.

So they know each other well.

And when I ask each team who their rival was, they answer to each other.

Well, we've got high expectations, and we were very curious to see how this all plays out.

And we are going to take a short break.

But as we do that, let's also take a look at this year's inductees into the Hall of Fame.

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Three masked men named at the bank armed with handguns and claimed they had a bomb.

Descriptions.

Also a medium build, medium height.

One victim inside the manager.

You should know that he probably didn't suffer with a gunshot wound.

That comes quickly.

What happened in there?

Mr.

Lazenby was a very unlucky.

I don't agree with that.

You have a police record.

We have a witness that placed you at the bank this morning.

Who are you with?

Tonight at nine.

Next time.

Two of the owners of this source have come to a sticky end.

The owners of a valuable stallion are being murdered.

His death will make the rest of them considerably richer.

Barnaby starts to wonder if greed isn't the motive.

But it's not money.

So what is it?

But as the body count rises, the skull's very crushed.

Time is running out.

Sometimes the most unlikely people do the most extraordinary things.

Midsomer murders tonight at 730.

And welcome back to the Quiz Bowl Championships 2026.

We did have a challenge.

And for more information on that and for the next round, we're going to head over to the quizmaster.

Jacob, over to you.

Hey.

Thanks, Christina.

Well, the challenge was submitted and then withdrawn.

So all of our substitutions have been made.

The score is accurate, and that means we are ready for round number two.

As you know, round number two consists consists of ten toss ups with the opportunity for four bonuses.

And with that, let's begin.

Round number two.

Round two.

Number one.

Women swear an oath over a shield and seize the Acropolis while enforcing Russellville.

Gideon.

Lysistrata by Aristophanes.

Yes.

And as a result of that, you have the onus of a bonus.

Number one.

Diseases named after people given a description of the disease.

Name the disease that was named for someone.

Number one, this neurological disorder is characterized by memory loss, confusion, and cognitive decline, and is a leading cause of dementia in older adults.

Alzheimer's.

Yes.

Number two.

This chronic movement disorder involves tremors, muscle rigidity, and slowed movements due to the degeneration of dopamine producing neurons in this part.

It's part of this Parkinson.

Parkinson's.

Yes.

Number three.

This type of cancer originates in the lymphatic system and is marked by the presence of abnormal reed.

Sternberg cells.

Hodgkin's.

Is it not Hodgkin's lymphoma?

Yes.

Nice job.

Number four.

This inflammatory bowel disease causes chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, often affecting the end of the small intestine.

Crohn's.

Yes, that's all for.

Well done.

You got all four on the bonus.

There are three bonuses remaining.

Here's our next toss up.

Toss up number three.

Secretary of State John Hay used this phrase in a letter to Theodore Roosevelt to describe a four month conflict that ended Spain's colonial empire and resulted in relatively few American casualties.

Name this enduring but controversial epithet for the Spanish American War.

Benton, Erin.

Glorious war.

That's not what I have.

Russellville, Gideon.

Pretty little war.

I have splendid little war.

Splendid little war.

Number four.

Toss up.

Number four.

Cells in this structure include alpha cells that secrete Russellville in the pancreas.

That's not what I have that secrete glucagon and beta cells that secrete insulin.

Name these clusters of endocrine tissue in the pancreas that regulate glucose levels.

And this function here is central to the development of diabetes mellitus.

Benton, Aaron.

Mulatto glands.

That's not what I have.

Russellville.

We already boast.

Okay, so I have the islets of Langerhans.

Islets of Langerhans.

And we have a timeout.

You missed that one.

Okay.

Don't wait.

Like.

Okay.

Let it go.

Okay.

We're going to do a brief check in with Christina.

Okay.

It sounded like a timeout.

May have been called.

We're going to get it all figured out and take a quick break.

And we'll be right back after this.

We need to get to the bottom of what ails you.

We all know what ails me.

I am merely ancient to believe I've ever met a lady wrestler before.

I fall over sometimes.

Fight or no fight.

She does not know what she needs or wants.

I came here to pray.

Or at least to decide what I ought to be praying for.

Sunday night at seven.

A. And welcome back to the State Championships quiz bowl tournament for 2026.

We're going to head back over to the quizmaster for the latest on what's going on in this match.

Jacob.

Thank you.

Christina.

We're back after a brief timeout.

We still have three bonuses remaining.

Here's the next toss up for that bonus.

It is a math computation.

Math computation.

What is the probability expressed as a simplified fraction of obtaining exactly four heads?

If a fair coin is flipped five times.

Bent in num one over 60.

That's not what I have.

Russellville.

Will three over 32.

I have five over 32.

Toss up number five.

This 1818 romantic painting employs reconfigure technique depicting man's Russellville.

Gideon Caspar David Friedrich Wanderer above the sea of fog.

Yes.

And with that, we'll back up the bonus truck.

Bonus number two quadratic equations.

You will have 20s to solve each quadratic equation.

Number one challenge.

We have a challenge.

We had a challenge for the at the end of the.

Oh okay.

Okay.

We just had a challenge.

And while they deal with the challenge I'm going to throw it back over to Christina okay.

Thank you so much.

And we're going to bring Paul in again.

And we've heard about a challenge.

There was a challenge.

There was a time out.

And then maybe another challenge.

This has been an exciting match.

Yeah I think the first issue was something that happened with the moderator and the order of questions and all this, this one I'm imagining it's on the, the answer that Russellville gave the rule states, if you can answer more than is given as long as all correct.

So maybe that's the challenge we're looking at here, is that, Benton is challenging some of what he said because he was giving, you know, whether it's author and book or painting and, and painter, that sort of thing.

But you're allowed to give more information that's needed, as long as it's all correct when it comes to challenges.

Is there a limit minimum, maximum of how many can be used?

You can challenge all you want.

We've seen some games in the past that, had 4 or 5 challenges in them, and that probably drives the TV studio crazy.

When the game goes an hour.

But that's that happens.

As far as the game, the reason you challenge is because if a student gives an answer that's good and you want the students get credit for that, and so those coaches will intervene and advocate for that answer, they have to prove it.

And we had to pull up outside, sources and prove it.

And then they present it to the judges and they make a decision.

All right.

And that is what exactly what is going on right now.

So we're going to take a little break to let them resolve this challenge.

And we will be right back after this next time.

The bride, Kaitlyn's my goddaughter, was one of them.

Lady Felicia thinks a killer is on the loose.

So what do we do about if we find out the truth ourselves?

But the investigation.

Welcome to the Blackthorn Institute leads to more death.

This last word was notebook.

And the murderer may not be finished.

Telephone lines are cut to become separated in the dark.

Father Brown, this evening at six.

Tomorrow at 1130.

Three masked men named at the bank, armed with handguns and claimed they had a bomb.

Descriptions.

Awful.

Medium build, medium height.

One victim inside the manager.

You should know that he probably didn't suffer with a gunshot wound.

That comes quickly.

What happened in there?

Even Mr.

Lazenby was a very unlucky.

I don't agree with that.

You have a police record.

We have a witness that placed you at the bank this morning.

Oh.

Are you with.

Tonight at nine.

Next time, two of the owners of this source have come to a sticky end.

The owners of a valuable stallion are being murdered.

His death will make the rest of them considerably richer.

Barnaby starts to wonder if greed isn't the motive.

But it's not money.

So what is it?

But as the body count rises, the skull is very crushed.

Time is running out.

Sometimes the most unlikely people do the most extraordinary things.

Midsomer murders tonight at 730, we'll want to see more Arkansas stories.

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Championship season is rolling along and we're headed back to Hot Springs.

But this time is for the Centennial Bank state baseball and softball finals.

If you're looking for the long ball, we've got Annalee Quarles with her fourth home run of the year.

How about plays at the plate?

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Slash sports.

Welcome back to another intense and exciting match that we have here.

And we have had a challenge and the reviewing it.

Now what do you know?

What can you tell us about this?

Well, it could be a lot of things like I mentioned before, could be supplying more information.

As long as all that's correct, it's good.

If it's not, that's incorrect.

We could have a pronunciation issue here that judges may be reviewing.

Judges will ask the other officials.

What did you hear?

So it would be something like that.

But I really don't know.

We'll have to see what they have to say, because it's it's, cryptic right now.

There really is a burden of proof and evidence that.

Absolutely there is.

There obviously is.

Okay.

Well, we are going to send it back over to the quizmaster and see what he can tell us.

Jacob, over to you.

Thank you.

Christina.

There was a challenge, and the judges have decided that, they are going to deny the challenge.

And the answer to the last toss up will remain.

And Russellville will get their, bonus for, bonus number two.

So I'm accepting answers from captain Will, and the category is quadratic equations.

You have 20s to solve each quadratic equation number one.

Two x squared minus three x minus five equals zero.

So positive positive five.

Pass in negative one.

And we get that.

Yeah.

Excellent.

Yeah.

All right.

Answer.

X equals positive five halves and negative one.

That is correct.

Yes.

Number two x squared minus nine equals zero three.

Negative three.

Yeah.

Sorry.

Yeah.

All right.

Answer x equals three.

And negative three.

Yes.

Number three x squared minus five x plus six equals 0232.

Right.

We're going to be positive and positive to negative three.

Negative two.

No x squared minus five.

It's minus five x. Yeah.

So it's it's positive.

X equals positive three and positive two.

Yes.

Number four x squared plus two x minus eight equals zero.

Negative four.

Positive two.

No positive or negative.

Some negative four.

Positive two is the answer.

No because it's oh or negative for positive okay.

Yeah.

Thank you for our answer.

X equals negative four and positive two.

That is correct.

So I have you getting all four all for the bonus.

Correct.

We are back to toss ups.

There are two bonuses remaining, two bonuses remaining.

Here's your next toss up.

This apostle is often depicted in Renaissance art, holding a purse and served as a treasurer.

Benton own Judas Iscariot?

Yes.

Bonus number three.

Bonus number three.

The dreaded Thomas is given one of classic quiz balls, dreaded Thomas's name, the one being described.

Number one Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry the Eighth and authored the Book of Common Prayer.

Make it, make it!

That's not what I have.

Number two English statesman, lawyer and humanist, executed by Henry, the eighth author of Utopia.

Make it no number three Dominican friar and theologian.

Combined Aristotle's philosophy with Christianity and authored Summa Theologica.

Aquinas, yes.

Number four English philosopher who advocated strong central authority and the social contract.

Author of Leviathan.

Hobbes.

Yes.

Two out of four.

Two out of four.

Number one.

The Archbishop of Canterbury was Thomas Cranmer and the English statesman, lawyer and humanist, who was Thomas More.

Thomas More so two out of four, one bonus remaining, one bonus remaining.

Here's the next toss up, mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as pickled cheese made by the cyclops Polyphemus.

This brined cheese must contain at least 70% sheep's milk to meet EU destination standards.

Name this Greek cheese, whose non-Greek name comes from an Italian word meaning bent and own feta.

Yes.

Last bonus of the round.

We have legendary coaches given a set of clues about a coach or manager of a sports team in the 20th or 21st century.

Name the person being described.

Number one coached the green Bay Packers to five NFL championships, including the first two Super Bowls.

Known for his famous quote, winning isn't everything, it's the only thing the Super Bowl trophy is named in his honor.

Marty Lombardi yes.

Number two manage the New York Yankees to ten World Series titles.

Famous for his calm demeanor and strategic skill, holds the record for most championships by a manager in Major League Baseball with Joe McCarthy.

Dunlap.

That's not what I have.

Three led the San Antonio Spurs to five NBA championships.

Known for his calm, disciplined style and emphasis on teamwork.

Nicknamed Pop.

More Now and number four guided the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers to a combined 11 NBA titles.

Use the triangle offense in a Zen like coaching style.

Coach Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.

Robert now.

So number two manage the Yankees to ten World Series titles was Casey Stengel.

Number three San Antonio Spurs coach, five championships, Gregg Popovich.

And for the Chicago Bulls, an LA Lakers coach was Phil Jackson.

That's the end of, round number two.

We are going to check and see if there are any challenges or substitutions, and then we'll get into the lightning round.

Any challenges or steps?

New challenges please.

Okay.

There are no challenges.

So that means that at this point Benton is going to get first choice of these lightning round categories.

Your categories are paintings and their artists given the name of a well-known painting and the year or years it was painted.

Name the artist who painted it.

Number two algebra terms given a short description or definition provide the term being referenced.

You can assume each as a question.

For example, a mathematical comparison that shows two expressions are not equal.

Answer.

Inequality number three.

Famous characters in novels.

Given the name of a famous character in a novel, provide the title of the novel.

Benton.

You'll have one minute to make your decision.

And while they're deciding, well, let's go ahead and throw it over to Christina.

Love those topics.

Those are very interesting.

And so while they are strategizing and making their decision, we're going to take a quick break.

We'll be right back after this.

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Tomorrow at 1130.

Welcome back.

It is time for the Lightning Round.

The teams have made their choices, so we're going to send it over to the quizmaster for round three.

Jacob.

Williams.

And you know, if we get you right here.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Christina.

Thank you.

Christina.

We're having some substitutions as the teams get settled.

I'll let you know that, Benton has chosen paintings, and they're artists.

And Russellville has chosen famous characters in novels.

So those are the categories we're going to be doing in the Lightning Round.

And we're going to get started with Bentonville.

Captain, I'll need your.

I'll be taking answers from Owen, and I'll need your answers in this category.

Paintings and their artists, given the name of a well-known painting and the year or year it was painted.

Name the artist who painted it.

Number one, the swing, 1767.

That was so.

It wasn't so easily identified.

Constable.

Constable Knope of the peasants wedding.

1567.

Maybe.

Then go.

Maybe I, I nope.

Self-Portrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird, 1943.

Color.

Color, yes.

Composition eight 1923.

Kandinsky.

Kandinsky.

No.

The persistence of memory.

Dali.

Yes.

Liberty.

Leading the people, 1830.

Delacroix.

Yes.

The Nightwatch 1642.

Rembrandt.

Rembrandt.

Yes, the Arnolfini Portrait, 1434 I, yes, of Water Lilies, 1897 1920.

Yes, the Last Supper, 1495 1498.

Da Vinci.

Yes.

Well, I don't know the last judges.

For number.

Four for number four.

Are we bouncing over or.

No, I think you're bouncing over.

We are bouncing over number four.

Okay, so I have to make six correct for Benton on the first go.

Six.

Correct.

So we're going to bounce over numbers one, two, four.

Oh I'm sorry.

It was seven.

Correct.

112 and four.

One two and four to Russell.

Captain I'll need your answer immediately on these paintings and their artists.

Number one, the swing, 1767.

What?

Fragonard.

Fragonard.

Yes.

Number two, the Peasant's Wedding, 1567.

The other, Brueghel the Elder.

Yes.

Number four.

Composition eight 1923.

Kandinsky.

Yes.

Okay, so they did get four on the bounce back.

Okay.

Oh, no.

I'm sorry.

Three on the bounce back.

And they got seven on the first go.

My my mistake.

Okay.

Russellville.

You've chosen famous characters and novels.

Given the name of a famous character in a novel, provide the title of the novel.

Number one, Elizabeth Bennet.

Pride and prejudice.

Hester Prynne scores a letter.

Scarlet letter, Winston Smith, 1984 1984 Ebenezer Scrooge, Because Christmas Carol, Christmas Carol, Sydney Carton.

Penalties.

Cities, Tale of Two Cities, Pierre Boozer, cough.

Russian one.

Anna Karenina.

No.

Becky Sharpe, Vanity fair.

Yes.

Grendel.

Beowulf.

Beowulf, Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights, Fanny price.

Funny.

What did they say?

Fanny price I, I can I forget you like the cat on a hot tin roof.

No.

So eight.

Correct.

Eight.

Correct.

I have a, number six and ten bouncing over six and ten.

Benton.

Captain, I'll need your answers immediately.

Famous characters in novels.

Number six.

Pierre Bischoff.

War and peace.

Yes.

And Fanny price.

Oliver Twist.

Oliver twist.

No.

Fanny price was Mansfield Park.

Mansfield park.

Are there any challenges to the lightning round?

We may we may have a challenge.

And while we check for challenges and substitutions, we'll go ahead and, send it back to Christina.

Okay.

Thank you so much.

And I'm with Paul Gray.

Can you fill us in on what might that challenge be?

Well, I heard something.

I want to invent an answer that I think Russellville may challenge.

I think I think the player answered.

I am maybe looking for Van Eyck.

I don't know, and then I just saw Benton.

Say they're going to challenge something, so I don't know what that one is.

I did not catch that.

But, the challenges are a critical part of the game.

As we were talking about, coaches are free to do them.

And again, is to, check accuracy on the questions.

We have the questions reviewed over and over and over again.

But, but they're by no means perfect.

So that's that's one of the reasons we challenge Jacob.

Talk about the proof and evidence that's needed.

What kind of material are they looking for?

You have to, like, when we would challenge you to always kind of triangulate things you look for.

Can you find this here and here?

And then when you take it to the judges, you.

I've got it here, and I've got it here, and I've got it here.

So, that's one thing.

But we do electronic challenges now, in the old days, a kid around 1,000 pounds of books.

We were looking them up.

But these days it's all electronic.

And so the coach, all they all have access to iPads or their phones, and they can look these things up.

Okay, well, as they continue to look over this challenge, we will take a quick break and we will be right back after this.

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Mr.

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We have a witness that placed you at the bank this morning.

Who are you with?

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We need to get to the bottom of what ails you.

We all know what ails me.

I am merely ancient.

To believe I've ever met a lady wrestler before.

I crawl over sometimes.

Fight or no fight.

She does not know what she needs or wants.

I came here to pray.

Or at least to decide what I ought to be praying for.

Sunday night at seven.

Next time.

The bride killings.

My goddaughter was one of them.

Lady Felicia thinks a killer is on the loose.

So what do we do about we find out the truth ourselves about the investigation.

Welcome to the Blackthorn Institute.

Leads to more death.

This last word was notebook.

And the murderer may not be finished.

Telephone lines are cut.

We got separated in the dark.

Father Brown, this evening at six.

Three masked men came to the bank armed with handguns and claimed they had a bomb.

Descriptions.

Awful.

Medium build, medium height.

One victim inside the manager.

You should know that he probably didn't suffer with a gunshot wound.

Death comes quickly.

What happened in their division?

Mr.

Lazenby was very unlucky.

I don't agree with that.

You have a police record.

We have a witness that placed you at the bank this morning.

Who are you with?

Tonight at nine a. Took a little bit of time, but I believe we have resolved that challenge.

Let's go over to the quizmaster for an update.

Thank you.

Christina.

Who were.

There were a flurry of challenges.

Multiple sources.

Multiple.

Lots of research going on.

But the judges have ruled.

The first challenge, or one of the challenges was overruled by the judges.

So that did not affect anything.

The second challenge, there is a procedural process that we need to go through.

So I'm going to go back to Benton on their lightning round category of paintings and their artist number eight, the Arnolfini Portrait, 1434.

I'm going to give you a prompt.

Van Eyck, that is correct.

So they were already given those ten points.

So the score is not going to change.

But you are correct.

Okay.

Unfortunately we did have another rule violation.

There was a rule violation.

Rule 5.7, was violated.

And based on rule 5.9, a player was, removed from the game.

So that is the end of the lightning round.

And we will see if there are any further challenges or substitutions before we begin.

Round number four.

And while we wait for our substitutions, I'm going to send it back to Christina.

Okay.

Well, this is a very kind of unique situation.

And so we are going to bring in Paul Gray once again to talk to us a little bit about what happened.

And that rule violation.

So first the challenge is what do you know about what went down there?

I don't know what their ruling was.

They said that I guess they're taking the they the IK answer was not enough.

They said, prompted.

So they came back and prompted him and he said, Van Eyck, you got it right.

You got it right?

Yeah.

The other thing is, is, one of our rules is on a challenge.

Only coaches can have out, electronic devices.

And apparently a player, on the Russellville team, had a phone out during that.

And so that is by rule, they have to be removed from the game for the rest of their going out there using it or doing it.

Just in discussion of it.

Yeah.

And that's just part of the rules.

That is that is one of our rules.

Absolutely.

Okay.

So this is a little bit of a unique situation.

What have you ever seen to this.

Never seen that happen.

But our electronic challenge rule is only a few years old.

So this is relatively new.

So I guess it was inevitable that we would see something like this happen.

But, it's been a game of, start and stop and start and stop.

So it's kind of fitting.

It is.

It's a little intense.

So, yeah, we are ready to get back to the fourth round.

So for that we're going to head over to the quizmaster Jacob.

Thanks so much Christina.

We've made it to round number four.

Round number four.

We have 20 tossups remaining.

And with that let's begin.

Round number four, round four.

Number one, under article four of the US Constitution, this method of proposing constitutional amendments has never been successfully used.

Name this provision that is explicitly protected from amendment without the unanimous consent of the affected states.

Russellville.

Page.

Constitutional convention.

That's not what I have.

Been eastern States Rights clause is that's not what I have.

I have a national convention.

National convention, tossup number two is a math computation factor completely x cubed, -27.

Benton Thomas x minus three times the quantity x squared plus six x plus nine.

That's not what I have.

And that is time I have quantity x minus three closed quantity times the quantity x squared plus three x plus nine.

Number three.

This author's story follows the titular character as she navigates a difficult childhood before becoming a governess at Thornfield Hall.

Name this author who wrote Benton.

Name Charlotte Bronte.

Yes, number four.

Most vertebrates possess a circulatory system in which Hema lymph is absent and exchange occurs through capillary beds rather than open sinuses.

Name.

This circulatory system, where blood is confined to a network.

Benton, Thomas.

Enclosed circulatory system.

I'm sorry.

Enclosed circulatory system.

No.

I'm sorry.

Confined to a network of blood vessel vessels and does not directly mix with interstitial fluid surrounding body tissues.

Russellville Keegan closed.

Yes, that's what I have.

Yes, sir.

That's what?

Number five.

This style prioritizes function over fashion with examples like Inuit igloos, Mongolian birds and African mud huts shaped by local materials and traditions.

Name this type of architecture whose name sounds like a language term.

Benton.

Eastern pragmatism.

That's not what I have.

Russellville.

I've called time.

Vernacular architecture.

Vernacular number six.

This 114 chapter text is tradition.

Russellville, Carlton.

The Koran.

Yes.

Number seven.

This Austrian romantic composer wrote over 600 art songs, including settings of Gurkhas, the Earl King and the song cycles.

The Benton Nam Faulkner That's Not What I have, The Fair Maid of the mill and Winter journey.

Name this composer of the Unfinished Symphony and B minor and the Trout Quintet, Russellville.

Keegan.

Schubert.

That's what I have.

Yes, sir.

Number eight, this 1775 conflict known as the Shot Heard round the world.

Benton, Easton.

The battles of Lexington and Concord.

Yes.

Number nine, this novel follows a young man who must support his mother and sister while contending with the cruel schoolmaster, Benton.

Own common punishment.

That's not what I have with the cruel schoolmaster Wakeford.

Squires name this work, whose title character works to rescue terribly terrible brothers is fortunes, a work of Charles Dickens.

Russellville.

Colton, Oliver Twist, I Have Nicholas Nickleby.

Number ten is a math computation.

Math computation.

A baseball pitcher has thrown 60 innings and allowed 15 earned runs so far this season.

What is the pitcher's E.R.A.

Earned run average.

Been to name four.

That's not what I have.

Russellville Keegan 0.25.

I have 2.25.

Number 11.

This strategic Pacific port remained closed to foreigners for over 30 years to protect the Soviet Pacific Fleet.

Name.

This city whose name translates to ruler of the East.

Russellville.

Ian.

Vladivostok.

Yes 12.

This evolutionary concept is supported by the near universality of the genetic code and conserved metabolic pathways across all domains of life.

Name the ever new evolutionary principle that posits all extant Benton, Thomas.

Universal common ancestor.

Yes.

Number 13 through 1818 and 1824 treaties.

This indigenous group was forced to cede over 30 million acres in the Arkansas Delta and was briefly Benton, Easton, the Quapaw.

Yes 14.

It is a large scale work for orchestra, choir and soloists that includes arias and recitatives, but is performed without costumes or scenery or stage action.

Name this mostly sacred genre, similar to opera that peaked with handles.

18th century works.

Russellville Keegan oratorio.

Yes.

We have a timeout.

We have a timeout, and while we work on that timeout, we'll throw it over to Christina on this.

Okay.

And once again that is a timeout that has been called.

And so we will take a quick break and be right back after this.

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Lady Felicia thinks a killer is on the loose.

So what do we do about if we find out the truth ourselves?

But the investigation.

Welcome to the Blackthorn Institute leads to more death.

This last word was notebook.

And the murderer may not be finished.

Telephone lines are cut to.

Got separated in the dark.

Father Brown, this evening at six.

We are back from a quick time out, so we're going to go ahead and wrap up this game and go back to the quizmaster for that.

Jacob, take it away.

Thanks so much, Christina.

We did have a, timeout, which, featured a few substitutions.

And now we are ready for question number 15.

Question 15.

In 2003, a previously unknown coronavirus caused a respiratory disease first identified in China, which spread globally via metropole hotel.

Guests in Hong Kong name this disease.

The Benton Cohen coven.

That's not what I have.

The first high threat infectious disease of the 21st century to be contained through international cooperation.

That's time I have sores or severe acute respiratory syndrome.

Number 16 is a math computation.

Solved for.

The quantity x minus ten squared equals 49.

Closed quantity.

Benton Nam x equals 149.

That's not what I have.

Russellville.

Page x equals 17.

Prompt.

X equals 17 units.

Nope.

Sorry okay I have x equals 17.

And x equals three.

So number 17 known as the state of disarray.

This territory was settled in 1849.

Russellville.

Ricky, the Utah Territory.

Yes.

18.

This world religion has no central holy book required, quarried or known founder yet centers on the ritual purification of sugary and the veneration of kami.

Benton.

Shintoism.

Yes.

Number 19.

This Russian American author is known for wordplay, multilingual puns, metafiction, and he wrote the 999 line poor poem Pale Fire.

Name.

This writer, known for his precise, playful and darkly humorous prose, best known for his scandalous novel Lolita.

Russellville, Mali.

Nabokov.

Yes.

Last question of the game defined in Euclidean geometry as the set of all points on a line extending in one direction for Benton Cohen domain.

That's not what I have extending in one direction from a given point, this object serves as the fundamental building block for angles.

Name this geometric object technically the union of two such structures sharing a common vertex.

That's time I have ray a ray.

That's the end of round number four.

We're going to check quickly to see if there's any challenges to the last 20 toss ups.

Coaches.

No, there are no challenges.

So that means our final score is Russellville 320.

Congratulations.

And Benton, a hard fought 225 excellent effort by both teams.

All right.

We're going to toss it over to Christina and get the awards going.

Thanks so much and congratulations to Russellville.

We will be right back.

But first, let's take a moment to look at the future stars of the game.

Here are some of the 2026 Quiz Bowl Junior High Championship results.

Here, here.

And welcome back.

I'm here with Anthony Simmons, president of Arkansas Governors Quiz Bowl Association.

And you've got some big awards to give away.

Yes, ma'am.

Our first award is for state runner up for six AA.

It goes to Benton.

Congratulations.

And our six A state champions are Russellville.

Congrats.

Russellville.

And a few more awards to hand out.

Sorry.

No, no, I gotta get the list of names.

Got it.

In the app today was Gideon Fuller from Russellville.

Congrats.

And we're, are all tournament team.

We have a couple of these in studio.

So from Russellville, Ian Warnock, Benton, we have Thomas Gilliland and normally.

So congratulations.

There's also a graphic of the other, students that have earned all tournament honors that are not with us.

We're incredibly proud of these kids.

Wonderful.

Well, congratulations to everyone involved.

It was an a great match.

Hope you had a great time.

You did so good.

And, we appreciate Anthony.

And now we want to take a moment to thank all the volunteers who helped pull Quiz Bowl together.

It takes a big team and a lot of volunteers.

We do want to give them a round of applause and say thank you.

Well, that is four championships in the books.

Three more matches to go up next we have a huge seven A matchup featuring the Fort Smith South Side Mavericks taking on the ASA Dolphins.

That is coming up in just a few minutes right here live on Arkansas TV.

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Time is running out.

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My goddaughter was one of them.

Lady Felicia thinks a killer is on the loose.

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We find out the truth ourselves.

But the investigation.

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This last word was notebook.

And the murderer may not be finished.

Telephone lines are cut.

We got separated in the dark.

Father Brown, this evening at six.

Next time.

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The owners of a valuable stallion are being murdered.

His death will make the rest of them considerably richer.

Barnaby starts to wonder if greed isn't the motive.

But it's not money.

So what is it?

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