Northern Kentucky Academic League
JV Packet #3
-First Half-
1. Mathieu Orfila is sometimes referred to as the father of this specific scientific study. Coroners have to have studied this field so as to determine if a person has been killed via poisoning. What is this branch of biology that has a name from the Ancient Greek words meaning knowledge of poison?
Toxicology
2. Choreographers in this man’s dance company included Michel Fokine, Leonide Massine, Vaslav
Nijinsky, and George Balanchine. It was also this man that hired Igor Stravinsky to write the music for the ballet The Firebird, which his company first performed. Who is this Russian impresario, the founder of the Ballet Russes?
(Sergei) Diaghilev
3. It was recently found that this slow on an astronomical body may be taking place on Europa as tectonic plates were discovered there. Put forth by Louis Agassiz, what is this theory that the Earth’s crust is divided into plates that slowly move across the planet’s surface, colliding with one another, before eventually being subducted below one or more other plates?
Continental Drift
4. Two judges and a chief prosecutor were sent from each of the Soviet Union, France, Great Britain, and the United States. They were held from November of 1945 to October of 1946 and twelve men were sentenced to death. Named for the city in which they were held, by what name do we know this series of military tribunals in which leaders of Nazi Germany were prosecuted for their war crimes?
Nuremberg Trials
5. Two cards are chosen from a standard deck of playing cards at random in succession with replacement. What is the probability that a heart is chosen, then a jack?
1/52
6. An example of this can be found in the abrupt ending of H. G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, with the sudden introduction of microbes that have killed the aliens. What is this literary device whereby an author quickly introduces a new character or event that quickly brings an end to the climax of a work?
Deus ex Machina
7. This relation was first published in 1905 in a paper entitled “Does the inertia of an object depend on its energy content?” with the title itself alluding to the purpose of the equation. What is this most famous of Albert Einstein’s equation which allows for the calculation of the energy equivalency of mass?
E equals m c squared

8. This man is believed to have lived in the 6 th century BC and was posthumously given the title
“Supremely Mysterious and Primordial Emperor” despite no evidence of him ever serving in this role.
Thought to have been a contemporary of Confucius, who was this Chinese author of the Tao Te Ching, the most important philosophical text in the religion now known as Taoism?
Lao-Tzu
9. At his funeral, Jesse Jackson said that he “had stolen away home and was safe.” This image was a stark contrast to the racism he endured while desegregating the national pastime. Who was this first
African-American to play major league baseball during the modern era, debuting for the Brooklyn
Dodgers in 1947?
(Jackie) Robinson
10. Find the mean of the folloing set of data. 250, 125, 375, 225, 125.
220
11. “Regret” and “The Story of an Hour” are two short stories by this American author. She also created the short story collection, Bayou Folk and is remembered for her role as one of the leading literary feminists of her time. Who was this author of two novels, At Fault and The Awakening?
(Kate) Chopin
12. The name of this holiday is all known as Yom Hazikaron. It begins on the first day of Tishrei lasts for two days and celebrates God’s creation of the first two human beings. What is this Jewish holiday when the shofar, an instrument made from the horn of a ram that is sounded to ring in the New Year?
Rosh Hashanah
13. This effect is responsible for the pitch of a train whistle getting higher as it approaches an observer.
What is the effect on the frequency of a wave that occurs because the source of light, sound, or other wave is moving toward an observer?
Blue Shift
14. This World War Two aviator won the Medal of Honor for the leadership and valor he displayed while taking part in a small raid that has since been named for him. Who was this lieutenant colonel in the U.S.
Air Force that an almost suicidal mission to bomb mainland Japan in the months after the bombing of
Pearl Harbor?
(James) Doolittle
15. There are 600 students in a high school. Of the 600 students in a school, 350 plays basketball, 200 play golf, and 100 play both. How many students play neither basketball nor golf?
150

16. This man was among the pioneers of a new style or literature known as jazz-poetry. His first two poetry collections were The Weary Blues and Fine Clothes to the Jew. Who is this iconic author of the
Harlem Renaissance, the creator of the poetry collection Montage of a Dream Deferred?
(Langston) Hughes
17. This German-born composer served the Hanoverian King of England, George the Second, in the royal court. This man’s Zadok the Priest has been performed at the coronation of every British monarch since
1727. Who was this composer of Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks in addition to his most popular oratorio, Messiah?
(George Frideric) Handel
18. This man lost the 1912 U.S. Presidential election to Woodrow Wilson, though he did defeat William
Howard Taft in the election. Who was this president that was earlier elected to the position in 1904 by defeating Alton Brooks Parker after having already served out William McKinley’s term?
(Theodore) Roosevelt
19. How much work is done on an object that has a force of 20 newtons applied to it in the same direction that the object moves a distance of 4 meters?
80 joules (accept: 80 kilogram meters squared per seconds squared)
20. Two chords, AB and CD intersect within a circle at point F. AF is 2 inches long. AB is 8 inches long. CF is 3 inches long. How long is CD?
7 inches
21. This poet wrote two plays as well, The Cure at Troy and The Burial at Thebes, both based on plays by
Sophocles. Who was this Irish poet, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995 and the author of the poetry collections Death of a Naturalist and Field Work?
(Seamus) Heaney
22. This musical term refers to the various techniques a musician uses to move from note to note.
Variations in technique include holding the note for a longer or shorter duration or loudness. What is this term, examples of which include tenuto, legato, and staccato?
Articulation
23. The law of the conservation of momentum was developed from this fundamental law that was developed by Sir Isaac Newton and first published in 1687. What is this law of physics that is sometimes stated as “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”?
Newton’s Third Law of Motion
24. This U.S. President was wounded in the Battle of Trenton and later attended the Continental
Congress before becoming a U.S. Senator. In 1803 he took part in the negotiation with France for the sale of the Louisiana Purchase. Who was this politician that led the United States from 1817 to 1825 as the fifth president?
(James) Monroe

25. The apothem of a hexagon measures 8 radical 3 centimters. What is the perimeters of this hexagon?
96 centimeters
26. This landmark was designed by Louis-Etienne Hericart de Thury and Jean Chalgrin and features one of the most recognizable archways in the world. What is this Parisian landmark, located on the Champs
Elysees, which celebrates those that dies during the French Revolution, the wars that followed, and the
Napoleonic Wars?
Arc de Triomphe
27. The central character of this children’s novel has the last name Gale, a reference to the extreme wind that takes her away from her home. She and her friends are attacked by forty wolves, forty crows, bees, soldiers and flying monkeys as the group attempts to make their way to the title character. What is this novel about the travels of Dorothy to visit the titular figure, written by L. Frank Baum?
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
28. Multiple answers required. These two countries fought during the 16 th century when Sir Francis
Drake defeated a famous naval force. When these two nations warred with each other during the 18 th , one side invaded Georgia, while the other invaded Florida. Which two major European powers were opposing combatants in the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
Great Britain and Spain (accept in any order)
29. The burning of wood and methane being exposed to oxygen are two examples of this type of chemical reaction. What type of exothermic reaction that has occurred when a hydrocarbon reactions with oxygen producing water and carbon dioxide?
Combustion
30. What is the volume of a cone with a height of 30 centimeters and a base radius of 12 centimeters?
1440 pi cubic centimeters
31. This woman wrote only two novels during her lifetime, the last being The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which she wrote under the pen name Acton Bell. Who was this author of Agnes Grey and sister to fellow writers Charlotte and Emily?
Anne Bronte
32. Artists of this style in the visual arts include Frank Stella, John McCracken, and Yves Klein. Musicians of this style include Terry Riley, Philip Glass, and John Adams. What is this artistic style that features few elements and developed in the decades following the Second World War?
Minimalism
33. Native American people living around this geologic site include the Hualapai, the Havasupai, and the
Southern Paiutes. Most cultures considered it a holy site, and many would make long pilgrimages to it to collect salt. What is this geological feature of the United States that is located in Northern Arizona?
Grand Canyon

34. The cosine of a second quadrant angle equals -6/7. What is the sine of this angle?
Radical 13 over 7
35. This subatomic particle, a lepton with a spin of one-half, is emitted during beta decay in addition to an antineutrino. Its discovery is credited to J. J. Thomson in 1897 for which he won the Nobel Prize in
Physics in 1906. What is this subatomic particle that has a charge of negative one?
Electron
36. This 20 th century poet’s translations of various works, such as The Seafarer, often drew criticism from literary experts due to his lack of cultural understanding and inaccuracy. Who was this American expatriate that lived the majority of his adult life in various nations across Europe, the author of Hugh
Selwyn Mauberley, and The Pisan Cantos?
(Ezra) Pound
37. This religion’s adherents believe that everyone should make a visit to Mecca during their lifetime, an event known as the Haj. What is this religion that developed from the teachings held within the Koran, including the belief that Muhammad was a prophet?
Islam
38. The largest of these locations on the Earth’s crust are where subduction takes place. These geologic features can be strike-slip, dip-slip, ring, thrust, or oblique-slip. What are these divisions in the Earth’s crust, along which many earthquakes occur?
Faults
39. In free market theory, when this state is reached the competitive price is established and will not change as long as this state of the market exists. What is this status of a market or economy in which the supply and demand of a given product or collection of products are equal?
(Market) Equilibrium
40. What is the sum of the first 10 even numbers?
110
-End of First Half-
-Second Half-
1. This Native American tribe developed out of the Creek culture of the Southeastern United States.
What is this Native American tribe that the United States fought against in multiple wars in Southern
Georgia and Florida from 1816 to 1858?
Seminole

2. This woman wrote only two novels during her lifetime, the last being The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which she wrote under the pen name Acton Bell. Who was this author of Agnes Grey and sister to fellow writers Charlotte and Emily?
Anne Bronte
3. A seven-sided geometric figure has an area of 12 square centimeters. After undergoing a dilation with a ratio of two, what will be the area of the new figure?
48 square centimeters
4. This law can be considered a restatement of the conservation of energy applied to any closed system.
What is this law which states that the change in energy in a closed system is equal to the difference between the heat supplied to the system and the amount of work done by the system?
First Law of Thermodynamics
5. The artist of this painting thought it a failure and referred to it as a “sky in June.” The swirling night sky outside the window of the artist’s asylum is the depicted scene. What is this most famous painting of
Vincent van Gogh?
The Starry Night
6. This man was sentenced to life imprisonment during the Rivonia Trial and he would serve 27 years of that sentence. Imprisoned on Robben Island, who was this first President of South Africa that passed away in December of 2013?
(Nelson) Mandela
7. An ideal gas has a volume of 120 liters under a pressure of 20 pascals and a temperature of six kelvin.
If the pressure is changed to 40 pascals and the temperature is increased to 18 kelvin, what will be the new volume of the gas?
180 liters
8. The family portraits go on the auction block in this play, save for the one of the seller’s uncle. Lady
Sneerwell is the head of the titular group of women who are known to spread rumors. What is this
Richard Sheridan play that was first performed in 1777?
The School for Scandal
9. Evaluate the sine of the arcsine of pi over 7.
Pi over 7
10. The School of Athens, the Sistine Chapel, and The Last Supper are three examples of Renaissance artwork that exemplify this painting technique. What is this technique of painting a mural whereby wet plaster is applied to a wall on which the painting is created?
Fresco

11. The law of conservation of mass forces the same number of atoms in the reactants and products of a chemical reaction giving rise to this practice. What name, from Greek words meaning “measure” and
“elements” which consists of the balancing of chemical reactions to ensure the same number of all atoms on both sides of the equation?
Stoichiometry
12. The use of railroads in Central Europe played a pivotal role in this conflict as it had in the previous decade during the American Civil War. Otto Von Bismarck used the war to spark German unification, an event that was likely inevitable. What was this conflict that took place in 1870 and 1871 that resulted in the capture of Napoleon the Third?
Franco-Prussian War
13. This work is subtitled “The Matter, Form and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civil. It is a commentary on how government and society should be structured and was a sign in of the times in the fact of the coming 18 th century. What was this book with a title referring to a large sea animal from the Old Testament?
Leviathan
14. This composer’s Sonatas and Interludes is performed with a prepared piano, that is, a piano that has been altered by having objects placed on its strings, thus altering the sounds the instrument makes.
Who is this minimalist composer of four minutes thirty-three seconds, a minimalist piece in which the musician plays nothing and the sounds of piece are meant to be those created by the audience during that time?
(John) Cage
15. A substance has a half-life of 5 years. If at year zero there exists 100 grams of that substance, after how many years will only 25 grams of that substance remain?
10 years
16. Residents in this New York neighborhood had an extremely high rate of miscarriages and other birth defects during the 1970’s causing investigations. What is this neighborhood in the Niagara Falls where it was discovered that 21,000 tons of toxic waste were dumped the 1940s and 50s?
Love Canal
17. In 1562, Arthur Brooke wrote a narrative poem about this couple that told of their tragedy, however it would be another thirty-five years until the work that would make them famous would be written.
Who was this couple that both met their deaths at the end of a play by William Shakespeare?
Romeo and Juliet
18. This was the year that Moliere’s The Misanthrope premiered on stage and the year Isaac Newton first split light into colors with a prism, but it is more famous for being the year that prompted quite a bit of work for Christopher Wren. What was this year in the 17 th century best remembered for the Great
Fire of London?
1666

19. In at least one saga, this god is considered the second mythological King of Sweden. This Aesir god of wisdom, war, and poetry is the source for the name of our weekday Wednesday. Who is this ruler of
Asgard in Norse Mythology and father of Vali, Baldr, and Thor?
Odin
20. Find all x-intercepts of the graph of the equation y equals two x squared plus seven x plus three.
(-3, 0) and (-1/2, 0) (accept: -3 and -1/2)
21. This 14 th and 15 th century woman’s husband’s death when she was 25 prompted her to use her ability as a writer to feed her three children. Who was this Italian-born member of the court of King
Charles VI of France, the author of The Book of the City of Ladies and The Treasure of the City of Ladies?
(Christine) de Pizan
22. In comparison to their counterparts in DNA and RNA these compounds are double ringed. The ribonucleic acid, uracil, belongs to this group of bases. What is this group that includes adenine and guanine?
Purine(s) (Bases)
23. This artist’s Woman with a Flowered Hat sold for over fifty million dollars at auction in 2013. Prior to that sale, his work Sleeping Girl had held the record as the painting of his for which the most money was paid. Who was this pop artist, the creator of Whaam! and Drowning Girl, both of which are noted for their comic book-like appearance?
(Roy) Lichtenstein
24. This battle served as the centerpiece of William Shakespeare’s historical play Henry the Fifth. It took place on the Christian holiday, St. Crispin’s Day. An important clash in the Hundred Years’ War, what was this 1415 battle which resulted in an English victory behind the king’s use of the longbow?
(Battle of) Agincourt
25. Solve the following equation for x: three to the x power minus seven equals two-hundred thirty-six.
X equals five
26. This stage of certain insects’ lives can often appear similar to that of the adult but without reproductive organs and without wings. What is this immature form of an insect that experiences an incomplete metamorphosis before entering the adult stage of the organism?
Nymph (accept: Naiad)
27. One of the three antagonists of the great epic poem, Beowulf, both he and his mother are killed. He has been attacking the mead-hall in Herot and eating the hall’s guests. Who is this monster that is descendant of Cain from the Christian Bible?
Grendel

28. This man was the first member of his dynasty to become King of the Franks. His father, Charles
Martel, died in 741 and it would be another eleven years before this man came to power. Who was this member of the Carolingian Dynasty, the father of Charlemagne?
Pepin the Short (accept: Pippin the Short)
29. The setting for this Broadway musical is Alphabet City, a small section of New York City’s East Village.
Characters include Mimi, Roger, Tom, and Angel, all of whom have either HIV or AIDS. Based on
Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme, what is this rock opera by American writer and composer Jonathan
Larson?
Rent
30. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is eleven. The seventh term of the sequence is thirty-five.
What is the common difference of the sequence?
Four
31. Fred Sanger was the first person to fully uncover this attribute of a DNA-based organism, doing so by mapping the 5386 base pairs of nucleotides comprising this in that organism. In most humans, this consists of 46 chromosomes each of which is comprised of millions of nucleotides. What term describes the collective genetic material of an organism?
Genome
32. Much of this man’s poetry was written for the winners of athletic events from the Pythian and
Olympic Games. Who was this Ancient Greek poet from Thebes, best remembered for his Victory Odes?
Pindar
33. This body of water is salty and because it has no outflows, evaporation is its primary method of water release. It is bordered by Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Russia. What is this body of water that despite its name is usually considered the world’s largest lake?
Caspian Sea
34. This musician and actor won the 1953 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in From
Here to Eternity. Famously from Hoboken, New Jersey, and often associated with the Big Apple, he had a hit with the song “New York, New York.” Who was this crooner that was called Ol’ Blue Eyes?
(Frank) Sinatra
35. Find the determinant of the matrix with top row: seven, negative six and bottom row: negative eight, nine.
Fifteen

36. This early 19 th century Russian author successfully published poetry, plays, and novels alike despite dying at the young age of 37. His poetry includes “Angelo” and “The Bronze Horseman”, though he is better remembered in the West for the play Boris Godunov. Who is this author of the novel Eugene
Onegin?
(Alexander) Pushkin
37. His birth name was Karol Jozef Wojtyla and he died in 2005 after serving as pope from 1978. He is said to have healed a French nun from Parkinson’s disease, an act which served as one of the miracles required for his canonization into sainthood. Who was this Polish Catholic, the second longest serving pope in history?
(Pope) John Paul the Second
38. This character was created in 1944 by the Advertising Council on behalf of the United States Forest
Service and the National Association of State Foresters. Who was this anthropomorphized character that informed the public that only they “could prevent forest fires”?
Smokey the Bear
39. This woman filled the seat previously held by John Paul Stevens upon her appointment in August
2010 by Barack Obama. Who is this former Solicitor General of the United States who is now one of three women on the United States Supreme Court?
(Elena) Kagan
40. Evaluate radical 6 to the 6 th power.
216
-End of Second Half-
-Tiebreakers-
1. This religious text is divided into two parts, the Mishnah, which serves as instructions for adherents of
Rabbinical Judaism, and the Gemara, which is a collection of commentaries on the Mishnah and other texts. What is this important text that has a Hebrew name meaning “teachings or learnings”?
Talmud (accept: Shas)
2. The acquisition of this stretch of land took place in 1867 for the sum of 7.2 million dollars. What is this
U.S. State that was purchases from Russia, negotiated by then Secretary of State William Seward, and subsequently became known as “Seward’s Folly” by the transaction’s detractors?
Alaska
3. Members of this phylum include sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and starfish. They have a water vascular system through which they eat and expel waste. What is this animal phylum whose name means “spiny skin”?
Echinodermata

4. In 1498, this man set about creating a series of pieces referred to as his Apocalypse series. He also created the prints Saint Jerome in his Study and Knight, Death and the Devil. Who was this 15 th and 16 th century German printmaker and master of woodcuts?
(Albrecht) Durer
5. Square the complex number three minus five i.
Negative 16 Minus 30i
-End of Tiebreakers-

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