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Round 4: 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 (10[1])diplomatic incident. The (10[1])effects of these events on “downwinders” (10[2])were analyzed in the Baby Tooth Survey. (10[1])A hundred-foot “shot tower” was constructed to lift the “gadget” (10[1])at one of these events. (10[3])Marshallese residents were relocated in preparation for events of this type at the Bikini Atoll like Castle Bravo. (10[1])A witness of the first of these events supposedly (10[1])recalled the quotation, “Now I am become (10[1])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
Darren KellisVanderbilt ATennessee Tech2710
Jackson McDonaldAlabama AAuburn A3010
Ben LanahanClemson ASouth Carolina A3610
Jackson SlaughterTennessee ASewanne3610
Ian HatcherChipola CollegeAuburn B4310
Martin BrandenburgGeorgia AGeorgia Tech A5310
Daniel ChenEmory AClemson B5810
Emerson PatmoreGeorgia Tech CVanderbilt B5810
Andrew HellerGeorgia Tech EClemson C5810
Austin EmbryAuburn CTennessee B7610
Evan RobertsVanderbilt CGeorgia Tech D8510
Andrew WilsonMontevalloGeorgia Tech F9210

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