Bonus
Einstein’s model of this quantity was derived by treating each atom in a solid as three quantum harmonic oscillators. For 10 points each:
[10e] What quantity, denoted c, equals the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of a material by one degree Celsius?
ANSWER: specific heat [or specific heat capacity; reject “heat”]
[10h] A namesake unit uses the human voice for what technique? This technique modulates an instrument, commonly a guitar, through a plastic tube in the singer’s mouth.
ANSWER: talk box [reject “vocoder”]
[10h] Einstein’s model first calculates the multiplicity of a solid using binomial coefficients, then uses this ubiquitous approximation in statistical mechanics to simplify the logarithm of a factorial.
ANSWER: Stirling’s approximation
[10e] That performance was by this blind Motown musician, whose 1970s hits included “Isn’t She Lovely,” “Sir Duke,” and “Superstition.”
ANSWER: Stevie Wonder [or Stevland Hardaway Morris]
[10m] Debye’s (“duh-BYE’s”) model of heat capacity, which is more accurate at low temperatures, assumes energy is carried by these quasiparticles. These quasiparticles represent vibrations in a solid and can be “acoustic” or “optical.”
ANSWER: phonons [accept acoustic or optical phonons]
[10m] In his performance, Wonder used the talkbox to modulate electric “B-3” versions of these instruments made by Hammond. An early use of the electric version of these instruments was the 1962 instrumental “Green Onions.”
ANSWER: organ [or electric organ]
<Lancaster A, Physics>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 49 | 14.49 | 76% | 51% | 18% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Mason A | Rowan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| George Mason B | George Mason C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NYU B | Maryland A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Penn | Maryland B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Princeton | Stony Brook | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHH |
| Rutgers C | NYU A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 3 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 67% | 67% | 17% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 7 | 14.29 | 71% | 57% | 14% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 1 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 67% | 50% | 17% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 1 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |