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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 this property by Super-Kamiokande’s (“KAH-mee-oh-KAHN-day’s”) discovery of neutrino oscillation. Louis de Broglie (10[1])(“duh BROY”) theorized that particles with this property have a nonzero (-5[1])wavelength. The Higgs field causes (-5[1])some particles to have this property. Particles with this property must have a nonzero rest energy and cannot travel at the speed of light. (10[1])Objects with this property cause four-dimensional spacetime to curve according to general 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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Peter SmithBinghamton ARochester2510
Alex FormanCornell DCornell C4110
Minh NguyenCornell BRIT B50-5
Will HooverRIT ABinghamton B55-5
Aaron WangCornell ABinghamton C7910
Isaiah SchmidBinghamton BRIT A10610
Hayley MorrisRIT BCornell B10610

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