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Future Faces of Physics Jeopardy! Jeopardy!
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This fictional teleportation machine that moved people from one place to another in Star Trek now has a real- world equivalent -- using photons, not atoms yet. Sci-Fi to Real Life - 100
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The P in PET scans, this anti- particle – which formed the basis of the brains in Isaac Asimovs robots – is now used to study the sources of medical seizures in the body. Sci-Fi to Real Life - 200
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The S in LASER, this word describes a process that contrasts with "spontaneous" emission of light. Sci-Fi to Real Life - 300
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Philo T. Farnsworth is often credited with this invention, in which images are transmitted via electromagnetic radiation. Sci-Fi to Real Life - 400
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True to the sound of her name, she taught everyone "how" to slow light down to bicycle speeds in 1998. Sci-Fi to Real Life - 500
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3.142 Famous Numbers - 100
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2.997 x 10 8 m/s Famous Numbers - 200
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1.602 x 10 -19 C Famous Numbers - 300
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6.626 x 10 -34 J-s Famous Numbers - 400
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1.380 x 10 -23 J/K Famous Numbers - 500
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Nobel prizes are paid for by this invention. Nobel Prizes - 100
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Known for picking locks and playing the bongo drums, he won a Nobel Prize for his fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics. Nobel Prizes - 200
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This Nobel winner was asked to be President of Israel, but declined. Nobel Prize - 300
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The 2008 Sigma Pi Sigma Congress will be held at an accelerator lab in Chicago named after this Nobel Prize winner. Nobel Prize - 400
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Albert Fert of France and Peter Grünberg from Germany shared the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics for this discovery. Nobel Prize - 500
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It is the lightest stable particle. Sub-Atomic - 100
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This particle has long been thought to be mass-less, but recent results indicate it may have a very small mass. Sub-Atomic - 200
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The two quarks that comprise almost all matter. Sub-Atomic - 300
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The class of particles that includes electrons, positrons, neutrinos, the muon, and the tau particle. Sub-Atomic - 400
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The particle which holds quarks together inside hadrons. Sub-Atomic - 500
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When a football travels through air, introductory physics texts claim it follows this type of path. Sports Physics - 100
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In this team sport, Newtons first law is most nearly realized. Sports Physics - 200
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In these two sports, balls have non-uniformities, known as dimples and seams, which surprisingly enhance the balls range. Sports Physics - 300
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In this Fred Flintstone sport, the player who increases the entropy the most wins. Sports Physics - 400
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The shape of a soccer ball resembles this form of carbon, from the Fullerene family. Sports Physics - 500
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