Northern Kentucky Academic League
Freshman Packet #4
-First Half1. This term in music has two meanings. It can mean a musical piece or it can mean the creation of a
musical piece. What is this term, which in art refers to the arrangement of the subjects and other
elements of a painting or other work?
Composition
2. Add the complex numbers three plus six i and negative six minus two i.
Negative three plus 4i.
3. These bones are organized in three groups, cervical, thoracic, and lumbar. Considered irregular, the
human body contains thirty-three of what type of bone that lines the spinal column?
Vertebra
4. This theologian’s most famous work, written in 426, drew a direct comparison between Rome, a city
that was sacked by the Visigoths during the author’s lifetime and heaven. Who was this Bishop of Hippo,
a city located in modern-day Tunisia, and the author of the religious work, City of God?
St. Augustine
5. This American president survived an assassination attempt by John Hinckley, a young man attempting
to impress Jodie Foster. Who was this 39th president, a former actor and Governor of California?
(Ronald) Reagan
6. This 19th century Frenchman was a leader in the impressionist movement and often had young
women as his central subjects. He painted Girls at the Piano, Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, and A
Girl with a Watering Can. Who is this artist, the painter of Luncheon of the Boating Party and Girl with a
Hoop?
(Pierre-Auguste) Renoir
7. In fungi, this portion of the cell is made of chitin, while it is composed of cellulose, xylan, and lignin. It
is this structure that provides the cell with its rigidity. Some cells, such as xylem cells, have a secondary
one for additional rigidity. What is this outer structure of a cell that is absent in the cells of animals?
Cell Wall
8. What is the length of the vector with coordinates negative three, four?
5 (units)
9. The first story to be told in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, it is meant to show the valor of
men in his profession. What is this tale in which two formerly imprisoned men seek the heart of a
woman named Emily and eventually take part in a tournament to win her hand in marriage?
The Knight’s Tale
10. This diplomatic approach had its foundations in the Roosevelt Corollary of the Monroe Doctrine.
United States banks would supply loans to foreign businesses and governments, making those countries
reliant on the U.S. What was this approach used most famously by William Howard Taft, a policy that
focused on Asia and Latin American nations?
Dollar Diplomacy
11. Convert the binary number one-zero-one-zero-one to its decimal equivalent.
Twenty-one
12. Artists in this school include Frederic Edwin Church, Albert Bierstadt, and Asher Durand. This group
was founded by Thomas Cole who began painting in this style in the 1820s. What is this 19th century
school of Americn artists from New York State and the surrounding areas that are best known for their
landscape paintings?
Hudson River School
13. This superclass is divided into two classes, actinopterygii and sacopterygii. Unlike other fish, many
species of this group live in freshwater. What is this superclass consisting of marlins, herrings, and other
bony fish?
Osteichthyes
14. By profession, this man was a judge and legal expert though he is best remembered as the author of
such works as The Bride of Lammermoor, Waverley, and The Lady of the Lake. Who was this turn of the
19th century Scottish author of Rob Roy and Ivanhoe?
(Sir Walter) Scott
15. As many as 30 percent of all Native Americans that were forcibly removed from their lands as a
result of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 died while moving west during this notorious event. What was
this forced relocation of Native Americans from the Southeastern part of the United States to what
would become Oklahoma?
Trail of Tears
16. Solve the following system of equations for x and y: two x plus y equals seventeen and three x plus y
equals twenty.
X equals Three and Y equals Eleven
17. Often associated with Gothic architecture these carvings can be any extrusion from a roof that is
designed to allow water to stream off of a roof and away from the concrete or mortar below. Typically
an animal, and usually crouched with wings, what are these carvings which can also be ornamental, but
are referred to as a chimera or boss when not functional?
Gargoyle
18. It is by this process that genetic inheritance takes place from parent organism to child organism. By
what process are two strands of DNA created from a preexisting strand?
(DNA) Replication
19. First and last name required. The city that houses the Baseball Hall of Fame is named for this
author’s father. In 1832, he published The Heidenmauer, which sought to depict the effects of the
reformation on the social classes of the German States during the 1500s. Who was this American author,
a New Yorker, whose best remembered works are the five novels of his Leatherstocking Tales?
(James Fenimore) Cooper
20. He attempted to outlaw slavery in his new colony, becoming the first in the New World to make such
an attempt. Having previously been driven out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony due to religious
differences with the establishment, he began the Providence Plantation Colony in 1636. Who was this
seeker of religious freedom that helped create the colony that would become the modern day state of
Rhode Island?
(Roger) Williams
21. The image of this Italian architect is included in Masaccio’s Resurrection of the Son of Theophilus. He
designed the Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze and the Sagrestia Vecchia. Who was this Renaissance
man, best remembered for his design of the Dome of the Cathedral of Florence and his development of
linear perspective to demonstrate depth?
(Filippo) Brunelleschi
22. X and Y vary inversely. X equals fourteen when y equals three. Find the value of x when y equals
seven.
(X equals) 6
23. Full name answer required. Published in 1856, this author’s nine-book epic poem is entitled Aurora
Leigh. Who was this 19th century author of Sonnets from the Portuguese, which includes number fortythree informally titled, “How Do I Love Thee?”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
24. Two of the ways in which this process can take place include aerobic and glycolysis. Nutrients are
created within the cell this way. By what process is ATP created within cells and waste is expelled?
(Cellular) Respiration
25. This Native American culture developed in the Southeastern United States expanding northward
through the Midwest toward the Minnesota area. A trademark of this culture was the building of
mounds. Existing from around 800 to 1500, what is this Native American culture after which a long river
is named?
Mississippian Culture
26. Find the inverse of the function f of x equals one-fourth x minus ten.
(f inverse of x equals) four x plus forty
27. In musical notation, symbols representing these techniques include tenuto, legato, and staccato.
What is this term that indicates the duration over which a note should be played while transitioning into
the following note?
Articulation(s)
28. This man wrote the drama The Dynasts about events during the Napoleonic Wars. His final novel,
published in 1895, was Jude the Obscure. Who was this English novelist of Tess of the d’Ubervilles and
Far from the Madding Crowd?
(Thomas) Hardy
29. It is through these structures that the spores of a mushroom are dispersed for reproduction. What
are these thin rib-like structures that are usually located on the underbelly of the mushroom’s cap?
Gills (accept: Lamella)
30. This Spaniard’s allegiance to the royal family was influenced by his reception at the court of King
Alfonso the Thirteenth in commemoration of his military service. Thus, he staunchly opposed the
removal of the monarchy in 1931. Who was this Spanish General that took the nation by force via a coup
that resulted in the Spanish Civil War after which he maintained control for 36 years until his death in
1975?
(Francisco) Franco (Bahamonde)
-End of First Half-Second Half1. The Hi-Lo’s were an American singing group of this style during that have been releasing music since
1953. Billy Joel’s “The Longest Time” was sung in a doo-wop variety of this style. What is the term for
unaccompanied singing that can be literally translated form Italian as “in the style of the church”?
A Cappella
2. Express the following logarithmic expression as a single logarithm 2 log 10 + 3 log 3 – 2 log 30.
Log 3
3. This woman’s novels include Hangsaman, The Bird’s Nest, The Sundial, and The Haunting of Hill
House. However, she is best remembered for a short story in which Tessie Hutchinson is stoned to
death. Who is this short story author, best known for “The Lottery”?
(Shirley) Jackson
4. One of these forms of carbon is used in radiocarbon dating and these variants each have different
properties. What is this term that describes an atom with a different number of electrons, mass number,
and charge than that of the neutral form of an atom of that element?
Isotope
5. This 1814 and 1815 meeting was headed by Austrian foreign minister Klemens Wenzel von
Metternich. What was this diplomatic meeting by the foreign ministers of the major nations across
Europe with the goal of redrawing the political borders of that continent following the Napoleonic
Wars?
Congress of Vienna
6. Convert the degree measure 120 degrees to radians.
2 pi over 3 (radians)
7. The first instance of this instrument that has been found is around forty-three thousand years old and
was made from the femur of a bear. Featuring a series of holes, the pitch that this instrument makes is
controlled by the covering and opening of combinations of these holes. What is this woodwind
instrument that does not make its sound via the vibration of a reed, but via the blowing of air across a
hole?
Flute
8. This English novelist committed suicide by drowning in 1941 by walking into the River Ouse while
wearing a coat filled with rocks and stones. Her final two novels were The Years and Between the Acts,
with the last published posthumously. Who is this author, best remembered today for Mrs Dalloway and
To the Lighthouse?
(Virginia) Woolf
9. When making salt water, the sodium chloride is this type of substance in the dissolution process.
What term refers to any substance that is being dissolved into another substance, a solvent?
Solute
10. This proclamation offered civil rights to those of differing religious views from that of the King
following the religious wars that had happened in France throughout the 16th century. What was this
1598 decree of King Henry the Fourth that provided Protestants, specifically the Huguenots, religious
rights that would not have been previously afforded them in the country to that time?
Edict of Nantes
11. During the 1840’s this composer created such romantic operas as Tannhauser and The Flying
Dutchman, but it would be the four opera cycle that soon followed that became his magnum opus. Who
was this 19th century German composer of the The Ring of the Nibelung cycle?
(Richard) Wagner
12. Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs measure ten centimeters and twentyfour centimeters.
26 centimeters
13. This author wrote The Moon is Down is about a small town in Northern Europe and their defiance in
the face of occupiers. His more popular works have been set in the United States, and more specifically,
California, as was the case with East of Eden. Who is this Nobel Prize winner, the author of such works as
The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men?
(John) Steinbeck
14. This is the number of completed valence electron shells in a neutrally charged atom of krypton. The
most commonly occurring isotope of lithium has this many neutrons. What is this number, the atomic
weight of helium and the atomic number of beryllium?
Four
15. This event successfully retook much of the area previously gained by Saladin, but was unsuccessful in
retaking Jerusalem. What was this attempt to retake the Holy Lands by the Christians of Europe as led by
Phillip the Second of France and Richard the First of England?
Third Crusade
16. Find the length of the midsegment of a trapezoid with bases measuring 14 centimeters and 6
centimeters.
10 centimeters
17. Created in the 1950’s this form of dance competition features a random pairing of leaders and
followers upon arriving at the event. What is this type of dance competition which takes its name from a
nursery rhyme?
Jack and Jill
18. The original cast of this play featured Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy. Stanley rapes Blanche and
then has her committed to a mental institution as the event pushes her teetering mental instability over
the edge. What is this drama by Tennessee Williams in which Blanche says the line “I have all depended
on the kindness of strangers”?
A Streetcar Named Desire
19. This early civilization flourished for two thousand years beginning in 3300 BCE and almost onehundred sites belonging to it have been excavated. Its second largest city was Mohenjo-Daro, and its
ruins are located in Southern Pakistan. What is this civilization that was centered on a river in Western
India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan?
Indus Valley Civilization (accept: Indus River Valley Civilization or Indus River Civilization or
Harrapan Civilization)
20. A twelve liter volume of gas is held at constant temperature under six atmospheres of pressure. If
the pressure is increased to eighteen atmospheres, what will be the new volume of the gas?
4 liters
21. Three six-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that all three dice show the same number?
1/36
22. In 2014, this holiday lasted from April 14th until April 21st, a week that coincides with the week lasting
from the 14th day of Nisan to the 21st day of that month on the Jewish calendar. What is this seven-day
long holiday that celebrates the exodus of the Jewish people out of Egypt and their escape from slavery?
Passover
23. This author’s book of poems, The Tower, was written in 1928 and includes one of his most famous
creations, “Sailing to Byzantium.” In 1889, he published the epic poem The Wanderings of Oisin [ohsheen]. Who was this important figure in the Irish Literary Revival, the poet of “Easter, 1916”, and “The
Second Coming”?
(William Butler) Yeats
24. The second-most populous nation in Africa, this country is the most populous without an ocean
border. It staved off colonization by the Italians in the late 19th century but fell to Mussolini’s troops in
1936. What is this East African nation whose capital is Addis Ababa?
Ethiopia
25. Do not abbreviate. Using magnetic fields and radiowaves this technique is used by radiologists to
view inside body without an invasive procedure. First invented by Raymond Damadian, what is this
technique that is often abbreviated MRI?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
26. What is the radius of a sphere with a surface area of 64 pi square inches?
4 inches
27. This is the name of a novel written in 1997 by David Hewson and also of a triptych created by
Hieronymus Bosch. A character or person experiences this when they come to a sudden realization.
What is this device used to illustrate to an audience this type of look-in to the character’s mind at an
important moment of clarity?
Epiphany
28. This Greek god failed in his attempts to consort with Hestia, but fathered many other children with
other women such as Theseus, Tirton, and Despoina. Plato wrote that he lorded over the lost city of
Atlantis. Who was this Greek god that was analogous to the Roman god, Neptune, the god of the sea?
Poseidon
29. The exponential growth model that is sometimes abbreviated as “pert” is named for this man who
hypothesized the consequences of an exponentially growing population. Who is this Englishman that
warned of famine, war, and disease in the coming centuries due to a scarcity of limited resources
stemming from this population growth?
(Thomas) Malthus
30. Specifically it is located within Gale Crater. One of its many laboratory tools is the Alpha Particle XRay Spectrometer. What is this SUV-sized robot that has been moving about the surface of Mars since
2012?
Curiosity (Rover)
-End of Second Half-Tiebreakers1. This musician that was elected to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 released an album of classical
compositions in 2001 entitled Fantasies & Delusions. This was preceded by his album, River of Dreams
eight years earlier. Who is this Staten Island native, whose albums include An Innocent Man, The
Stranger, and Piano Man?
(Billy) Joel
2. The following sentence, often considered a run-on is actually a different error in which two
independent clauses are joined to create one sentence by a punctuation: “We graduated from high
school twenty years ago, still, I am not going back for the reunion.” What type of error is this?
Comma Splice
3. The diagonal of a cube measures 6 radical 3 centimeters in length. What is the volume of this cube?
216 cubic centimeters (or centimeters cubed)
4. One of these geologic features is located beneath Yellowstone National Park and if it were to fully
activate, could cause a mass extinction in North America and the rest of the world. What are these
locations on the Earth’s surface where the capability of an eruption of over 1000 cubic kilometers of
ejecta can occur?
Supervolcano
5. This military operation afforded the allies the opportunity to carry out Operation Dragoon and the
liberation of Paris along with the rest of France. It lasted from June 6th through August 30th, 1944. What
was this codename that was used to describe the Battle of Normandy, including Operation Neptune,
which was the D-Day landing?
(Operation) Overlord
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