Question
When gauche bonds are generated in the alpha phase of these molecules, pleated and rippled sheets of them undergo the Brill transition first observed in 1942. Synthesis of these molecules uses adipoyl chloride and 1,6-hexanediamine contacting at a liquid-liquid interface. The vast majority of caprolactam is used to synthesize these molecules through a ring-opening reaction. An (*) amide backbone characterizes these molecules, which can be continuously pulled out of a solution in a namesake “rope trick” demonstration. These molecules, which come in “6” and “6-6” families, were first synthesized in 1935 by Wallace Carothers while at Dupont. For 10 points, name this group of synthetic polymers commonly used in women’s stockings. ■END■
ANSWER: nylons [accept nylon rope trick; accept nylon 6-6 prompt on synthetic polymers or polyamides before mentioned]
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 17% | 90.50 |
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 4 | 100% | 25% | 25% | 89.25 |
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 109.50 |
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 5 | 100% | 20% | 60% | 98.40 |
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 110.00 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Jason Zhang | Toronto cDNA | Toronto Penguin World War | 34 | 15 |
Kushal Aluru | Rutgers | Princeton | 50 | -5 |
George Matsumura | Ohio | Ohio State | 53 | 15 |
Teigue Kelly | Penn State A | Penn State B | 60 | -5 |
Claire Wilson | Lehigh B | Columbia B | 69 | 10 |
Sam Macchi | Vassar | Iowa State | 69 | -5 |
Tony Chen | Toronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl | Waterloo Bust | 72 | -5 |
Derek Chen | Columbia A | Gatherer | 78 | 10 |
Subhamitra Banerjee Roychoudhury | Michigan A | Michigan C | 78 | -5 |
Nat Ku | NYU B | NYU C | 84 | 10 |
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt | NYU A | Lehigh A | 92 | 10 |
Ryan Happel | SIUE | WUSTL C | 96 | -5 |
Kevin Park | Claremont | Georgia Tech A | 98 | -5 |
Amith Punyala | WUSTL A | Squidward Community College | 104 | -5 |
Franklin Wu | Toronto Pilk | Ottawa | 104 | 10 |
Conor Thompson | Iowa State | Vassar | 109 | 10 |
Ophelia Cherry-Pulay | USN A | Belmont | 109 | 10 |
Michael Du | Waterloo Cali | Toronto Sprout | 109 | 10 |
Jake Grodner | Princeton | Rutgers | 110 | 10 |
Andre Wong | Columbia C | Bard | 110 | 10 |
Thomas Flexer | Penn State B | Penn State A | 110 | 10 |
Kevin Zheng | Michigan B | Iowa | 110 | 0 |
Abigail Zimmerman | Iowa | Michigan B | 110 | 10 |
Leo Tao | Michigan C | Michigan A | 110 | 10 |
Monish Jampala | Georgia Tech A | Claremont | 110 | 0 |
Alan Wu | Vanderbilt B | WUSTL | 110 | 10 |
Collin Nadarajah | WUSTL C | SIUE | 110 | 10 |
Gabe Forrest | Squidward Community College | WUSTL A | 110 | 10 |
Jonah Schwartz | WUSTL J | Truman State | 110 | 10 |
Caleb Ott | Waterloo Bust | Toronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl | 110 | 10 |