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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. (10[1])Neutrinos were shown to have (10[1])this property (10[2])by Super-Kamiokande’s (“KAH-mee-oh-KAHN-day’s”) discovery of neutrino (10[1])oscillation. Louis de Broglie (“duh BROY”) theorized that particles (-5[1])with this property have a nonzero wavelength. (-5[1])The Higgs field causes some particles to have this property. (10[2])Particles (10[1])with this property must have a nonzero rest energy and cannot travel at the (10[1])speed of light. Objects with this property cause four-dimensional spacetime to curve according to general (10[1])relativity. For 10 points, describe this property of objects measuring more than zero kilograms. ■END■ (10[2])

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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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Darren KellisVanderbilt ATennessee Tech2510
Wesley StineClemson ASouth Carolina A3010
Jeremy ScurlockChipola CollegeAuburn B3210
Moses DongGeorgia Tech FMontevallo3210
Emerson PatmoreGeorgia Tech CVanderbilt B3710
James ZhaoVanderbilt CGeorgia Tech D44-5
Daniel ChenEmory AClemson B51-5
Jackson McDonaldAlabama AAuburn A6110
Daniel HuangGeorgia Tech DVanderbilt C6110
Nathan WhittingtonTennessee ASewanne6210
Bharath RamGeorgia Tech AGeorgia A7610
Andrew HellerGeorgia Tech EClemson C9110
Richard D’AngeloTennessee BAuburn C10610
Asheton WilbanksClemson BEmory 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