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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. The effects of these events on “downwinders” were analyzed (10[1])in the Baby Tooth Survey. A hundred-foot “shot tower” was constructed to lift the “gadget” at one of these events. (10[3])Marshallese residents were relocated (10[1])in preparation for events of this type at the Bikini (10[1])Atoll like Castle Bravo. 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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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Derek LiCornell ABinghamton C3810
Sammy CarstensRochesterBinghamton A5810
Eric ZhuCornell DCornell C5810
Eric ZhuCornell DCornell C5810
Jake ScovilleRIT BCornell B6210
Emilie MooreRIT ABinghamton B7210

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
SoutheastUS12100%0%54.33
Upstate NYUS6100%0%57.67