springs - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

An early result in the study of these devices was published in alphabetical order as "ceiiinossssttuu." These devices are used alongside masses and dashpots in the John Hancock Tower's tuned mass damper. The "leaf" (20[2]0[1])variety of these devices contain (20[1])layered (20[1])arc-shaped plates. (20[1])Mechanical analogies of circuits represent capacitors (0[1])as these devices. (20[2]0[1])The "hair" type of these devices are coupled with (*) balance wheels (10[1])and regulators. Shock absorbers (10[1])often feature (0[1])these devices (10[2])on (10[1]0[1])their (10[1])exterior. (10[3]0[1])Compliance (10[1])is the reciprocal of these devices' "constant," which (10[2])is (10[1])a linear scaling (10[3])factor (10[1])between their displacement and force. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[1])name these devices that can behave as harmonic oscillators (0[1])governed (10[1])by Hooke's law. (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: springs [accept leaf springs or hairsprings] (Robert Hooke introduced his namesake law with an anagram of "ut tensio, sic vis.")

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Thomas Donelon	Lindbergh	Hunter A	33	20
Luke Hinkson	White Pigeon	Okemos	33	0
Tyler Song	Winston Churchill A	Uni School of Nashville A	33	20
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Lambert A	38	20
Reed Karosich	Coronado	Russell	39	20
Sasha Tripathi	Parkway West	Chattahoochee A	41	20
Anthony Xu	Thomas Jefferson B	Northside College Prep	47	0
Ameya Bhalerao	Downingtown STEM	Montgomery Blair B	50	20
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Page	50	0
Aaryan Sumesh	Thomas Jefferson A	Grosse Pointe South	50	20
Ryan Chang	Centennial B	Carmel A	61	10
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Lincoln-Way East A	65	10
Eli Taylor	West Point	Centennial A	67	0
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Lee's Summit	69	10
Grant Liu	Walter Payton A	Strake Jesuit A	69	10
Hunter Davis	Milton	Edina	70	10
Keefe Yang	Carmel B	Saratoga	70	0
Jeffrey Wu	Belmont	Adlai E. Stevenson B	71	10
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek	Fremd	72	10
Brandon Torres	Carl Sandburg	Seven Lakes	72	10
Wyatt Johnson	Solon	Kane County AT	72	10
Zhedong Han	Winston Churchill B	Yukon A	72	0
Jonathan Ouyang	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Richard Montgomery	73	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Adlai E. Stevenson A	81	10
Shaun Iyer	Innovation Academy A	Detroit Catholic Central A	81	10
Camden Williams	Audrain County AT	Westwood	82	10
Drew Dietrich	Quince Orchard	Great Valley	85	10
Kaiden Lee	Northview	Strake Jesuit B	85	10
Aaron Zhang	Walter Payton B	Hunter B	85	10
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Classen SAS	86	10
Charlie Doehring	Hinsdale Central A	Lexington	91	10
Philip Calabrese	Detroit Catholic Central B	Lincoln-Way East B	91	10
Boye Zhu	Thomas Jefferson D	Virginia	91	10
Parker Brathwaite	Thomas Jefferson E	Chattahoochee B	91	10
Eshaan Sombhatta	Thomas Jefferson C	Yukon B	94	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Walker	103	0
Dev Gurung	Okemos	White Pigeon	104	10
Lyn Redman	Northside College Prep	Thomas Jefferson B	107	10
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Georgetown Day	108	10
Zachary Martin	Page	Irvington	108	10
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Carmel B	108	10
Maxwell Swann	Centennial A	West Point	108	10
Alex Bach	Yukon A	Winston Churchill B	108	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	36	100%	19%	0%	77.00