Question

Activists spat on a chart illustrating this concept at a protest in London two weeks before the 2012 Olympics. Using data from French and Scottish conscripts, the Belgian “social physicist” Adolphe Quetelet theorized this concept. The ponderal index was the worst, whereas this metric was the best, out of three metrics evaluated in the 1972 study by Ancel Keys that coined its name. Most (15[1])providers of gender-affirming surgery dubiously set a (*) cutoff involving this metric. In 1995, (-5[1])the WHO endorsed the use of this metric to classify children, stoking fear about an American epidemic. The term “class III” is now preferred to “morbid” in describing those in the highest (-5[2])range of, for 10 points, what ratio of body weight divided by height squared? (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: body mass index [or BMI; accept Quetelet's index before “Quetelet” from 19th century eugenicists; reject “obesity”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Geoffrey ChenHutto HipposCornell B-6315
Young Fenimore LeeWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSUThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B76-5
Chris MannersDr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, IraqCornell C++108-5
John BroussardHouston and friendsRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang108-5
Ben HuCornell C++Dr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq12210
Arya KarthikThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy BWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU12210
Kenji ShimizuRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangHouston and friends12310

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%33%67%99.00
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%100%122.00
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%25%75%107.50
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%100%0%34.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y367%0%67%108.00