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Round 4: 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 by Super-Kamiokande’s (“KAH-mee-oh-KAHN-day’s”) discovery of neutrino oscillation. Louis de Broglie (10[2])(“duh BROY”) theorized that particles with this property have a nonzero wavelength. The Higgs field causes some particles (-5[1])to (10[1])have (10[1])this property. 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 four-dimensional spacetime to curve according (10[1])to general relativity. (10[1])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
Samuel LiWilliam & Mary AUNC B4110
Kevin CronkVirginia Tech CWilliam & Mary B4110
Jesse MindelNCSU ALiberty C57-5
Noah FineUNC DLiberty B5810
Vedang SinghalUNC CVirginia Tech B5910
Nick SmemoeUNC AJMU A7910
Nghia KhauVCU ANCSU B7910
Nathan RedfordLiberty AWilliam & Mary C8910
Zachary BornsteinVirginia Tech AJMU B9210
Gabriel DoddsLiberty CNCSU 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