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Round 4: Tossup 14

Description acceptable. Plans called “Shot B” followed one of these events near Desert Rock. (10[1])One of these events that prompted Project 4.1 caused the Lucky Dragon No. 5 diplomatic incident. (10[2])The effects of these events on “downwinders” (10[1])were (10[1])analyzed in the Baby Tooth Survey. A hundred-foot “shot tower” was constructed to lift the “gadget” at one of these events. Marshallese residents were relocated in preparation for events of this type at the Bikini (10[1])Atoll (10[1])like (10[2])Castle Bravo. A witness of the first of these events supposedly recalled the quotation, “Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds.” For 10 points, what events at sites like Trinity were overseen by people like J. Robert Oppenheimer? ■END■

ANSWER: nuclear explosion [accept the explosion of a nuclear bomb or atomic bomb or atom bombs or A-bombs or hydrogen bomb or thermonuclear bomb or nuclear weapon or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon or nukes; accept a nuclear test or descriptions of testing an atomic weapon or nuclear bomb; prompt on explosions by asking “of what?”]
<Editors, American History> | Packet D
= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
William ErwinWilliam & Mary BVirginia Tech C1310
Charles MillerWilliam & Mary CLiberty A2910
Emily SniderLiberty CNCSU A2910
Fuller WrayVirginia Tech AJMU B3610
Vedang SinghalUNC CVirginia Tech B3710
Vivian AdolphUNC BWilliam & Mary A7210
Erin WilliamsJMU AUNC A7310
Jeffery AustinUNC DLiberty B7410
Kevin NolanNCSU BVCU A7410

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%62.75
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%14%57.43
Eastern Canada (1)US5100%0%56.60
FloridaUS4100%0%53.50
Great LakesUS10100%0%41.70
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%48.56
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%55.22
NorthUS4100%0%47.00
NortheastUS12100%0%60.25
PacificUS8100%13%51.75
South CentralUS6100%0%45.00
SoutheastUS12100%0%54.33
Upstate NYUS5100%0%57.60