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Round 3: Tossup 14

Description acceptable. Plans called “Shot B” followed one of these events near Desert Rock. One of these events that prompted Project 4.1 caused the Lucky Dragon No. 5 diplomatic incident. (10[1])The effects of these events on “downwinders” were analyzed in the Baby Tooth Survey. (10[3])A hundred-foot “shot tower” was constructed to lift the “gadget” (10[1])at one of these events. (10[1])Marshallese residents were relocated (-5[1])in preparation for events of this type (10[1])at the Bikini Atoll like Castle Bravo. (10[1])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?”]
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= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Alan FanWashington SteelheadTexas2910
Ritwik SharmaArizona State AAlberta B4310
Skand ParvatikarArizona State BBritish Columbia A4310
Joyann HuaBritish Columbia BWashington Chinook4310
James HaddixWashington StateWashington Masu5310
Alex HestermannWashington SockeyeWashington Chum5810
Alice Ton NuWashington CohoWashington Atlantic62-5
Marcus HoshinoWashington PinkBoise State6910
Annabelle KoopmansWashington AtlanticWashington Coho7610

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