Packet 1: Bonus 5
Walther Bothe (“VALL-tuh BO-tuh”) and this physicist earned the Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the coincidence method. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this physicist who lends his name to a “counter” that clicks when it detects high-energy radiation.
ANSWER: Hans Geiger [or Johannes Wilhelm Geiger; accept Geiger counter]
[10m] Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden were supervised by this scientist during a series of early 1900s scattering experiments that disproved the plum pudding model of the atom.
ANSWER: Ernest Rutherford, Baron Rutherford of Nelson [or Lord Rutherford of Nelson]
[10h] With John Mitchell Nuttall, Geiger empirically related the half-life of an isotope with the energy of these emitted particles, a law later modeled by George Gamow using quantum tunneling.
ANSWER: alpha particles [or helium-4 nuclei; prompt on helium nuclei]
<Physics — Sarah Benner> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 1
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 20.38 | 96% | 73% | 35% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung Trio | Quaker Oats | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament | son toliver | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Fremd Larpers | washed and braindead!!! | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| ccny potato salad | POA | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| not so evil empire | ASCA | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 18.13 | 94% | 69% | 19% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |