Academic Team Questions

In AP Human Geography, you'll learn that this city on the island of Upolu is the national capital of Samoa.

Apia

The Ishihara test has a series of dots of different colors that have different numbers or shapes within the pattern. What do Ishihara tests diagnose?

Color Blindness

This Irving Berlin-composed 1942 musical film stars Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire and features a romantic plot typical of those kinds of films from that era. The most notable thing about the film is that it introduced the world's best-selling single of all time, "White Christmas."

Holiday Inn

This fantasy author wrote a series of originally 6 books, now published as a trilogy, featuring Samwise Gamgee and Aragorn.

J.R.R.Tolkien

Although Christmas is a Christian holiday, the origins of the holiday date back to which 12-day Pagan festival, celebrated at the winter solstice?

Yule

(Choice) Is mistletoe a fern, shrub, tree, vine, moss, or bush?

shurb

(Math) Multiply the following binomials, give your answer in standard form

(-4-5i)(1-i). :-9-i

(Math) (Two-part answer) A triangle has vertices at (3,3) and (3,8). Which two numbers could be the x-coordinate of its third vertex if its area is 25?

-7 and 13

(Math) What digit is the 453rd digit to the right of the decimal expression of 6/13?

1

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler scales are two tests for intelligence. What score would indicate average intelligence?

100 (91-109 are in the average range, but are not exactly average)

(Math) Find the Geometric Mean of the following set of data

42, 18, 126, 49, 98, 12. :42

(Math) Solve for x - log base 3 of x = 6.

729

(Math) A set of test scores is normally distributed with a mean of 86% and a standard deviation of 3. Using the empirical formula, what percent of students scored between 80% and 92% on the test?

95%

Name the year; The Concorde makes its last flight; Poland joins the European Union; Mars is the closest to Earth in 60,000 years; Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates; the United States invades Iraq

:2003

(Math) What is the period of the graph of y=|sin(x)|? Answer

:π

Adaptations of this Christmas story are as numerous as stars in the sky, and not just on film, but on the radio and theater, too. There was even a Muppets version at one point, and Daffy Duck's uncle was inspired by the story's main character, who has also been played by, among others, George C. Scott, Bill Murray, and Jim Carrey. The character, whose catchphrase "bah humbug!" is also iconic, is a grouchy and lonely miser who, despite all his wealth, does not have the love of family like his mistreated clerk Bob Cratchit. Thinking Christmas is for fools, he is visited by three ghosts, and the visions he has of past, present, and future cause him to rethink his life. Name the timeless Dickens' classic featuring Ebenezer Scrooge.

A Christmas Carol

In AP Lit, you'll learn that this modernist novel was the first novel written by Irish author James Joyce. Name the novel that traces the religious and intellectual awakening of Stephen Dedalus, Joyce's fictional alter ego.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

What U.S. state is home to no documented venomous snakes?

Alaska

What African nation is an anagram of "REGALIA"?

Algeria

Based on Jean Shepherd's semi-anecdotal book In God We Trust

All Others Pay Cash, this 1983 Christmas classic presents a series of vignettes narrated by the main character's older self as he regails the audience with his boyhood Christmas adventures. Name the film in which Ralphie yearns for only one thing: a Red Ryder BB gun. :A Christmas Story

Frank and Teressa Belissimo were the founders of what bar where buffalo wings were invented? Established in Buffalo, New York, in 1935, the restaurant didn't begin franchising until 2012, but now has 12 locations in the United States and Canada, including the Frederick location that opened next to the FSK mall in 2019.

Anchor Bar

In AP World History, you'll learn that this was a system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in Namibia and South Africa until the early 1990s.

Apartheid

In AP Lang, you'll learn that the Alexander Pope quote, "To err is human, to forgive divine," is an example of what rhetorical device in which a universally accepted truth is stated in a concise, to-the-point manner?

Aphorism

In AP Biology, you'll learn that this bottommost aquatic zone of the world's oceans and lakes is a region of perpetual darkness unreachable by sunlight, where plants are unable to photosynthesize.

Aphotic zone

In AP Government, you'll learn that in most states, this body is mostly an intermediator that determines whether trial courts have made the correct decision, but in Maryland and New York, it is the highest judicial body.

Appellate court (accept Appeal court)

In AP U.S. History, you'll learn that this battle in Virginia was the final engagement of General Robert E. Lee before he surrendered to the Union Army.

Appomattox Court House (accept Appomattox)

In AP Calculus, you'll learn that tangent lines, Euler's method, and nth-degree Taylor polynomials are all methods of what?

Approximation

In AP Spanish, you'll learn that this verb means "to learn". Although it's not a cognate, it comes from the same Latin root as the English word "apprentice".

Aprender

Some athletes find themselves on the big screen after their careers in athletics are done. What athlete-turned-actor was a bodybuilder who starred in True Lies, Kindergarten Cop, and the Terminator movies before moving on to a career as a politician in California?

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Founded in 1901, this country was made of 6 British colonies including New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria. It is still sovereign to the Queen of England.

Australia

English is the most spoken language in the world. The United Kingdom, the United States, and two other countries whose citizens mainly speak English do NOT have English as their official language. Name one of these two nations.

Australia, or New Zealand

If you think all Christmas movies are PG affairs, then you have obviously not seen this film which stars Billy Bob Thornton as an alcoholic, perverted, and bad-mouthed mall Santa Clause who uses his job as a cover so he and his partner can case the place and crack the mall's safe on Christmas Eve.

Bad Santa

Of the 16 commonwealth realms, this island nation, though discovered by its namesake Spanish explorer in the 1500's, was settled in 1609 by the British after a shipwreck of Sea Venture headed to Jamestown. This nation, sovereign to the Queen of England, was founded in 1995.

Bermuda

The second most famous Renaissance painting besides the Mona Lisa is probably The Birth of Venus, painted by what artist? He was the first to paint large canvases depicting scenes from classical mythology.

Botticelli

What alloy is a combination of copper and tin?

Bronze

This fantasy author wrote a 10 book series featuring Aslan and Edmund Pevensie.

C.S. Lewis

This genetic engineering tool uses repeating bases of DNA originally taken from prokaryotic defenses against viruses. We now use it to be able to edit DNA sequences and alter genes, and has use in gene therapy.

CRISPR

Originally claimed by the French in the 1530's, this country later had French and British colonies. In 1867 it officially became a country, remaining sovereign to the Queen of England.

Canada

Which moderately successful computer-animated Disney movie from the year 2000 features all of the following characters - Kron, Suri, Zini, Yar, Plio, and the main character, an iguanodon named Aladar?

DINOSAUR

This man with a notoriously soothing voice serves as the narrator for many films and television shows. His filmography as writer and presenter spans eight decades, and includes works such as Zoo Quest, Natural World, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet, the Life collection, and many other documentaries. Name this British broadcaster and natural historian.

David Attenborough

Lucie Manette, Madame Defarge, Charles Darnay

Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities)

Agnes Wickfield, Uriah Heep, David Copperfield

Dickens (David Copperfield)

Mr. Brownlow, Nancy, Fagin

Dickens (Oliver Twist)

Speaking of R-rated movies, debate rages over whether this in fact is a Christmas movie at all, but nevertheless it has made Mr. Stillman's list. The largely shoeless protagonist is a New York cop who finds himself at his wife's office Christmas party at the Nakatomi building, whereupon it is raided by a gang of thieves led by the villainous Hans Gruber played by Alan Rickman. Name the film that made Bruce Willis's career as John McClain.

Die Hard

Theodor Geisel was a famous children's book author, with characters such as Goo Goose, The Vipper of Vip, Horton, and the Sneetches. What open name did he use?

Dr. Seuss

In baseball, each team plays offense and defense each inning. Three outs end each team's offense for that inning. After 3 strikes a batter is called out. The first batter of an inning swings and misses on strike three, but still advances to first. What rule/situation allows this?

Dropped 3rd Strike

Some athletes find themselves on the big screen after their careers in athletics are done. This 3rd generation wrestler played on the 1991 NCAA Championship football team at the University of Miami before turning to wrestling. He has since starred in The Mummy Returns, 4 of the Fast and the Furious franchise movies, and was the voice of Maui in Moana.

Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson (Do not accept just "The Rock")

[Show picture] Also known as the spiny anteater, what hard-to-classify animal from Australia and New Guinea is an egg laying mammal grouped as a monotreme with the platypus?

Echidna

James Caan and Zooey Deschanel star in this more recent Christmas classic, but what really steals the show is the eccentric grown man raised by the elves at the North Pole. Name the film that stars Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf.

Elf

What is the anatomical name given to the series of lakes in upstate New York that includes Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake, two of the deepest lakes in North America?

Finger Lakes

With 615 million native speakers, this third most frequent native language is the official language of India and was highly influenced by Sanskrit.

Hindi

Major League Baseball is possibly the oldest professional sports league in the world, formed in 1876. What rule calls a batter out on a pop fly to the infield BEFORE the ball is caught, if there are runners on 1st and 2nd with less than 2 outs?

Infield Fly Rule

The Myers-Briggs test developed by Isabel Myers and her mother Katherine Briggs is based on their work with Carl Jung's theory of personality types. I [Mrs. Boller] am an INTJ. What do any two of these letters represent? Any 2

Introvert, Intuitive, Thinker, Judger.

Not only is this the greatest Christmas film of all time, it may lay claim to being the greatest film of all time period. Directed by Frank Capra and starring Jimmy Stewart, it follows George Bailey, a man who feels like life has passed him by. Nearly suicidal, he wishes to have never been born, a wish granted by his guardian angel Clarence. Only after realizing how much of an impact his absence has had on his friends, family, and town, does he wish to live again, a wish that is granted. At the end, the whole town toasts to "George Bailey, the richest man in town."

It's a Wonderful Life

This fantasy author wrote a series of seven books which get progressively longer and darker and contains Aragog, Buckbeak, and he who must not be named.

J.K.Rowling

At the 74th Tony Awards, this Broadway jukebox musical earned 15 nominations, the most nominations of any show of the 2019-2020 season. The musical shares a name with the popular 1995 album by the Canadian artist whose music it features, and who released her new album, Such Pretty Forks in the Road, alongside the musical. With songs such as "Hand in My Pocket", "Head over Feet", "Ironic", and "You Oughta Know", name either the musical or the artist whose songs are featured.

Jagged Little Pill or Alanis Morissette

Only one animal appears on the American Film Institute's list of the top 50 film villains of all time. Name the 1975 film directed by Steven Spielberg in which this animal is the main antagonist, and which is often just used as the name of the animal.

Jaws

Some athletes find themselves on the big screen after their careers in athletics are done. What former bodybuilder, then professional WWE wrestler, starred in Bumblebee, Trainwreck, F9, and Blockers?

John Cena

Although there are some slight spelling differences, what homophone is the name of the national currency of Angola, the longest river in Angola, the Swahili word for 'first', and an upcoming holiday?

Kwanza/Cuanza/Quanza/Kwanzaa

Some claim this Richard Curtis film as the greatest romantic comedy of all time. Featuring an ensemble class that includes many great British actors like Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Keira Knightly, and Colin Firth (among many others), it follows multiple romantic storylines that clash, intertwine, and separate again all during the Christmas season.

Love Actually

Roughly 6,500 languages are spoken in the world today. What is the second most natively spoken language in the world, spoken by 1.1 billion people, and the official language of China, Taiwan, and Singapore?

Mandarin

[Show picture] What animal with a misleading name is the largest canid in South America, but neither howls or lives in packs, and eats mostly vegetation?

Maned Wolf

This billionaire made his massive fortune by maximizing the production of gold and salt in his country. In one trip, he single-handedly upset the economies of many cities and even countries with his generosity, decreasing the value of gold and causing hyperinflation. Name this man whose name means "king of kings" and who is widely regarded to be the richest man to have ever lived.

Mansa Musa

Most people know that Michael Phelps has the most Olympic medals of all time, with 28. However, Phelps has only ever competed in the Summer Olympics. Which athlete has the most Winter Olympic medals of all time? With 15 Olympic medals and 114 non-Olympic victories, this Norwegian athlete is the most successful sprinter in the history of cross-country skiing, and is expected to compete at her sixth Olympics in 2022.

Marit Bjørgen

What's the most populous city in North America?

Mexico City

This 1947 Christmas film focuses on a New York Macy's department-store Santa who claims to be the real Santa. Sounds like fodder for just a straight-ahead comedy right? But, believe it or not, Rotten Tomatoes has this film as the #2 Christmas film of all time, and Mr. Stillman's dad has it in his top ten films of all time because it tackles themes of belief and doubt, faith and reality.

Miracle on 34th Street

This imaginary author had collections of French fairy tales and then English nursery rhymes. Works in her collections included "Baa Baa Black Sheep", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", and "Hey Diddle Diddle" and she was often pictured as an older woman with a shawl or as a barnyard animal.

Mother Goose

The Black Hills are a small mountain range in South Dakota that are home to which American landmark designed and sculpted by Gutzon Borglum?

Mount Rushmore

Two part answer

Name the capital of Canada and the province in which it is located. Ottawa, Ontario

Which state did Alexander Hamilton represent in the Congress of the Confederation?

New York

Many video games have begun to gravitate towards open world mechanics, with some notable examples being Breath of the Wild, Grand Theft Auto, Skyrim, and Minecraft. However, none of these do open world as well as this video game released in 2016 by Hello Games. With over 18 quintillion explorable planets and an infinite number of unique flora and fauna for the player to encounter, name this game that's got to have just about the most open world possible.

No Man's Sky

Quercus is a brown hardwood commonly used by what name? Strong and hard, it is frequently used in furniture and paneling, but also for timber-frame buildings, especially in Europe, as well as barrels in which to age some wines and liquors.

Oak

This biotechnology uses steps of denaturing and annealing to produce millions of copies of a genetic sequence fragment. It is used to amplify the genetic material of the SARS CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 in order to detect if a person is infected or not.

PCR / Polymerase Chain Reaction

What tough-to categorize animal from Africa and Asia, originally grouped with armadillos and anteaters, is the only mammal with scales?

Pangolin

There are 7 simple machines. Which includes versions such as fixed, moveable, or block and tackle and uses ropes and grooved wheels?

Pulley

William Blake, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Wordsworth are the "big six" poets of what movement?

Romanticism

The Spanish Steps is a quiet, shaded stone stairway of 135 steps featuring a fountain, a panda statue & a panoramic terrace at the top. In what Mediterranean city would you travel to to climb these steps?

Rome

On Thanksgiving, you may have been watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, or maybe you were watching football, or maybe you were watching the Westminster Dog Show. This year at the dog show, history was made when the first repeat champion was crowned. What large breed is the dog who won this year and last year, and whose name is Claire?

Scottish Deerhound

There are 7 simple machines. Which simple machine is an inclined plane wrapped helically around a cylinder, and is used in items such as a jar lid or a swivel chair?

Screw

Cassius, Brutus, Marc Antony

Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)

Cassio, Iago, Desdemona

Shakespeare (Othello)

Clarence, Buckingham, Richard

Shakespeare (Richard iii)

Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet

Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet)

This poet, songwriter, and musician earned 2 Grammy Awards, as well as 8 writing awards. You might know of him more as the children's author who wrote Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me, too; The Homework Machine, Runny Babbit, and The Giving Tree. Name this talented man.

Shel Silverstein

What African nation is an anagram of "EARLIER ONES"?

Sierra Leone

What African nation is an anagram of "A CHAOS FRUIT"?

South Africa

Currently with 30 teams, 15 in the National League and 15 in the American League, MLB games usually last 9 innings. If a runner is on base when the batter hits a fly ball, the runner may advance bases after the ball is caught. What is this called?

Tagging up

What battle in the winter of 1944/45 was the last major German offensive on the western front in World World II? Officially the "Ardennes Counteroffensive," it is more commonly known for the half-circle shape made in the Allied defensive line as a result of the German attack. Interestingly, it is the second bloodiest battle in American history.

The Battle of the Bulge

This scientific feat, which took from 1990 to 2003 to complete, gave us the ability to read the entire genetic blueprint of humans.

The Human Genome Project

Which 1906 book by Upton Sinclair greatly contributed to a public outcry which led to many reforms in the meatpacking industry?

The Jungle

The mind of Tim Burton produced this stop-motion animated Christmas masterpiece. Jake Skellington, The "Pumpkin King of Halloweentown," stumbles into the nextdoor world of Christmas Town and the film relays his adventures therein.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Morgan Le Fay, Clarence, The Yankee

Twain (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court)

Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, Pap Finn

Twain (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)

Injun Joe, Muff Potter, Aunt Polly

Twain (Tom Sawyer)

Only three colleges/universities in the United States use the seawolf as their mascot - Stony Brook University in New York, Sonoma State University in California, and this third University in the Northwest Athletic Conference. The vast majority of this school's athletic teams are in NCAA Division II, with the exception of the alpine and Nordic ski, gymnastics, and ice hockey teams, which are members of Division I. Name this university.

University of Alaska

What was the first and last name of the first English child born in a New World English colony, but who disappeared along with the rest of the Roanoke Colony?

Virginia Dare

There are 7 simple machines. Which one is made of two back-to-back inclined planes, and used to lift, cut or separate, such as in a door stopper or axe.

Wedge

Time magazine recently announced that Elon Musk was 2021's Person of the Year. Who was the Person of the Year in both 1940 and 1949? In 1940 he won for leading the UK through the Dunkirk evacuation, and in 1949 he won for leading the Allies to victory in WWII.

Winston Churchill

(Choice) Is the sport of squash played with a bat, a racket, a stick, or a paddle?

raquet