Summer Hiatus Challenge 2015 - TOC Day 2

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Summer Hiatus Challenge 2015 - TOC Day 2

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TOC standings can be found here: http://shc2015.gregorygauthier.com/stan ... ?roundid=7

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Tough two-letter words
Each correct response is a two-letter word that can legally be played in Scrabble. Exact spelling is required.

2: In grammar, it's a coordinating conjunction; in logic, it indicates disjunction.

4: In Chinese, this game is called weiqi.

6: Note of the solfege on which the tune "Three Blind Mice" begins.

8: You don't need consonants to play this word for a type of lava.

10: You can use up an 8-point tile by playing this Scottish-origin word for a sweetheart.

Subatomic Physics

3: Murray Gell-Mann got the spelling of this elementary particle from Joyce's Finnegan's Wake.

6: Below about 7 Kelvin, electrons in lead bind together into Cooper pairs, resulting in this electrical phenomenon.

9: Gluons are the elementary particles responsible for mediating this force, one the four fundamental interactions in physics.

12: Pictured here, the type of diagram which describes the interaction of subatomic particles is named after this physicist.
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15: Alpha particles, mesons, and the hypothetical graviton all belong to this class of particles, named after an Indian physicist, becuase their spin is an integer.
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Answers will go here.
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2: or
4: go
6: mi
8: aa
10:jo

3: quark
6: superconductivity
9:
12:
15: Boson
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2: or
4: go
6: clam
8: aa
10: jo

3: quark
6: superconductivity
9: strong
12: Feynman
15: Boson
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2: or
4: go
6: mi
8: aa
10: jo, as in "For Auld Lang Syne my"

3: quark
6: superconductivity
9: strong
12: Feynman
15: boson
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Tough two-letter words

2: or

4: go

6: mi

8: aa

10: CLAMentine

Subatomic Physics

3: quark

6: superconductivity

9: strong nuclear force

12: Feynmann

15: boson
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Tough Two-letter Words
2. Or
4. Go
6. Mi
8. Aa
10. Jo

Subatomic Physics
3. Quark
6. Superconductivity
9. Strong
12.
15.Bosons
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2: Or
4: Go
6: Mi
8: Aa
10: Jo

3: Quark
6: Superconduction
9: Strong
12: Feynman
15: Boson
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2: OR
4: GO
6: I'm not sure. It's either 'CL' or 'AM'
8: AA
10: JO

3: quark
6: superconductivity?
9: strong nuclear force?
12: Feynman
15: bosons
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2 - or
4 - go
6 - ti
8 - aa
10 - jo

3 - quark
6 -
9 - strong nuclear force
12 - Feynman
15 - bosons
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2: or
4: go
6: mi
8: aa
10: jo

3: quark
6: superconductivity
9: strong
12: CLAM
15: bosons
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2 or
4 go
6 mi
8 aa
10 jo

3 quark
6 superconductivity
9 strong force
12
15 boson
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2: so
4: go
6:
8:
10:

3: quark
6: superconductivity
9: weak
12:
15: bosons
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2: or
4: Go
6: mi
8: aa
10: jo

3: quark
6: superconductivity?
9: CLAMishness
12: Feynman?
15: boson?
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Tough two-letter words

Each correct response is a two-letter word that can legally be played in Scrabble. Exact spelling is required.

2: Or

4: Go

6: CLAM

8: Aa

10: Jo

Subatomic Physics

3: Quark

6: Superconductivity

9: Strong nuclear force

12: Feinman

15: Boson
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02. OR
04. GO
06. MI
08. AA
10. JO

03. QUARK
06. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
09. STRONG
12. FEYNMAN
15. BOSONS
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Tough two-letter words
Each correct response is a two-letter word that can legally be played in Scrabble. Exact spelling is required.

2: or
4: go?
6: clam
8: aa
10: clam

Subatomic Physics

3: quark
6: superconductivity
9: strong nuclear force
12: Feynman
15: Boson
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2: or
4: go
6: mi
8: aa
10: jo

3: quark
6: superconductivity
9: strong force
12: Feynman
15: CLAM
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