Question
This man introduced a temperament system based on three sets of perfect fifths with each set increasingly narrower from just intonation. William Jones’ study of Sanskrit and this man’s knowledge of Latin and Greek inspired him to coin the term “Indo-European languages.” Rules named for Clark and Fried replaced a rule this man devised for determining pediatric dosage based on age. This man was the first to propose a relationship between the pulse wave velocity of the blood and the (*) stiffness of the arterial walls. This man raced Jean-François Champollion to be the first to translate the Rosetta stone. This “last man who knew everything” proposed a formula for the contact angle and derived an equation describing capillary pressure with Pierre-Simon Laplace. For 10 points, name this man who “defied Newton” by proving the wave nature of light in his namesake double slit experiment. ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Kais Jessa | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | 60 | -5 |
Jason Rohfritsch | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | 84 | -5 |
Adrian Wong | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | 97 | 10 |
Benjamin Chapman | Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | 117 | -5 |
Caleb Ott | Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | 128 | 10 |
Aaron Dos Remedios | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | 144 | 10 |
Kunaal Chandrashekar | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | 144 | 10 |
Asha Basu | I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | 144 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 92.67 |
2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 106.67 |
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 106.67 |
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 60% | 131.40 |
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 131.00 |
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 100% | 17% | 33% | 112.50 |
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 110.33 |