Academic Team Win

The Saint Stephen's Academic Team came in first place at the Academic Team competition last night! They competed against 15 other Manatee County high school teams, and we're so proud of the students' performance. Here are some of the questions that the students answered correctly.

Identify respectively the verbal phrases in the following four sentences as gerund, participle, or infinitive. 1. To carry on was her goal. 2. Carrying on was what she had been taught. 3. The people carrying on the most were in trouble. 4. They should have known better than to carry on.

Which one of the following four statements is possible concerning the movement of an electron from the fourth major energy level to the second. 1. It would absorb energy in the form of ultraviolet lig.ht. 2. It would emit energy in the form of ultraviolet light. 3. It would absorb energy in the form of visible light. 4. It would emit energy in the form of visible light.

From the following descriptions, identify respectively the four people associated with Julius Caesar. 1. son-in-law and fellow triumvir of Julius 2. daughter of Caesar and Cornelia 3. uncle of Caesar who fought on the side of the assembly in the first Civil War 4. grand-nephew and heir of Julius Caesar.

And here's one of the questions that no team even attempted to answer. (They lose points if they guess incorrectly.)

To two significant digits calculate respectively in hertz the first three harmonics of a 1.0-meter long pipe that is closed at one end.

If you see members of the Academic Team around school, congratulate them on a great meet. It also goes to show that even in a digital age where facts are easily available, there's value to quick knowledge retrieval.