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Round 3: 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 (-5[1])(“KAH-mee-oh-KAHN-day’s”) discovery of neutrino oscillation. (10[1])Louis de Broglie (“duh BROY”) theorized that particles with this property have a nonzero wavelength. The Higgs (10[1])field causes some particles to have this property. (10[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 four-dimensional spacetime (10[1])to curve according 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
Daniel LuWashington PinkBoise State34-5
Suyog VibhutiWashington SteelheadTexas3810
Logan Van PeltWashington CohoWashington Atlantic5310
Skand ParvatikarArizona State BBritish Columbia A6110
Luke SimonAlberta BArizona State A7910
George MatsumuraWashington ChumWashington Sockeye7910
Ryan ZhangWashington StateWashington Masu8610
Joyann HuaBritish Columbia BWashington Chinook9210
Bryce YoungerBoise StateWashington Pink10610

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