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Round 6: Tossup 1

Description acceptable. The mechanism that causes the W and Z bosons to have this property is initiated by spontaneous symmetry breaking in a “Mexican hat” potential. Neutrinos were shown to have this property (10[1]-5[1])by Super-Kamiokande’s (-5[1])(“KAH-mee-oh-KAHN-day’s”) discovery of neutrino oscillation. Louis de Broglie (“duh BROY”) theorized that particles with this property have a nonzero wavelength. The Higgs field causes some particles to have this property. Particles (10[1])with this property (10[1])must have a nonzero rest energy and cannot travel at the speed of light. Objects with this property cause four-dimensional spacetime to curve according to general relativity. For 10 points, describe this property of objects measuring more than zero kilograms. (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: massive [accept descriptions of particles with positive rest mass; accept descriptions of particles with positive rest energy until “rest”; reject answers that just mention “energy”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
John RoothamOttawa DMcGill A32-5
Devito StevanusMcGill BOttawa B3210
Alden ThompsonCarleton ACarleton B34-5
Ana TorresMcGill COttawa A6210
Charlie RickardsOttawa CMcGill E6510
Valerie BrownCarleton BCarleton A10510
Charlie RuffMcGill AOttawa D10510

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK580%40%70.25
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%50%61.00
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%43%61.00
Eastern Canada (1)US5100%40%73.80
FloridaUS4100%50%89.00
Great LakesUS10100%10%56.30
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%11%71.56
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%22%72.11
NorthUS4100%25%66.50
NortheastUS1292%25%68.55
PacificUS8100%13%74.25
South CentralUS6100%0%57.33
SoutheastUS12100%17%59.92
Upstate NYUS5100%40%71.40