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Round 4: Tossup 1

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

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
Taran KnutsonMichigan ALouisville C1410
Nishad JoshiKentuckyLouisville A2310
Nate BrownCWRU COhio State B2510
Pace KleinCWRU BMichigan State C3210
Peter ZengOhio State ALouisville D6010
Matthew WozniakMichigan BMichigan State B6110
Jason ThieuMichigan State ACWRU A61-5
Reed SextonMichigan CPittsburgh7910
Oliver ThompsonCWRU DMichigan D7910
Artem VovchenkoOhio State CWVU A8410
Sai SubramanianCWRU AMichigan State A10610

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