Packet 8: Tossup 14

Regions with high values of this property will appear as spikes in the “score value” on a Kyte-Doolittle chart. Removal (15[1])of molecules with this property (15[1])during protein folding reduces clathrate-like (15[1])formations, increasing (15[1])entropy. (15[1])Bulky residues with this property (-5[1])such as tryptophan and (15[1]-5[3])phenylalanine (15[1]-5[2])are hidden inside (-5[1])proteins (15[1]-5[1])due to an “effect” (15[1])named for this property. The (*) interior (10[1])portion (10[1])of the cell membrane (10[1]-5[2])possesses (10[1])this (-5[1])property, (10[2]-5[3])as it largely consists (-5[1])of hydrocarbon chains. (10[2]-5[1])Molecules with this property will separate from an aqueous solution. (10[2])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name this “water-fearing” (10[1])property (-5[1])of (10[1])some (10[1])molecules, (10[4])unlike hydrophilicity. (10[2])■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: hydrophobicity [accept word forms like hydrophobic; accept hydrophobic regions or the hydrophobic effect; prompt on non-polarity; reject “polar”; reject “hydrophilicity” or “hydrophile”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Dan NiPC Chris Master RaceBooz Allen Interns1915
Rohit RajaNot Just BikingHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?2415
Ilyas ChoukriVirginia TechThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days2915
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaThe Young Jits3115
Ayush PatelLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceAlbanian Rift in the Sky3215
Sam MooreThey fuck you up your buzz and negI have no buzzer and I must neg37-5
Joel DickerSouthamptonBath41-5
Simon ZhangLexington BLexington A41-5
Aadi PudasainiLexington ALexington B4115
Karthik KrishnamurthyPrat PackAlways Set the Kurve41-5
Ritam Setu (St. Mark's)Texas BNew York42-5
Simon BrewerManchester AChimera4215
March DelfinWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperienceBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo42-5
Yasmin CampbellCambridgeBirmingham B45-5
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu46-5
Max GreenEast Chapel HillCary Academy4615
Daniel SheffieldBelmont BWaltham A5015
Darren KellisOstia OrcasMichael Touse-Squid5610
Emily SandeAlways Set the KurvePrat Pack5710
Niall KarunaratneArmand duplantis fan clubMountain Dew is Better6110
James LiChapel Hill BGrimsley61-5
Ani PulavarthiMinnetonka CMinnetonka B61-5
Mihir KhuranaMinnetonka AEden Prairie6210
Skanda VasishtaBig Brown Ballerswhatever63-5
Bill FudgeBathSouthampton6410
Saisabari RameshWaltham BBelmont A64-5
Gavin HarperNorthernAbbey Park64-5
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaMartingrove64-5
Luke HoutzTaman's Nepo BabiesDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Family6410
Aditya Rao (Challenger-Strawberry Park)CaliforniaGeorgia A68-5
Nathan Daniel (North Gwinnett)Georgia CTexas A7110
Robert WisdomChapel Hill ATantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae7110
Muye ChenCheese SandwichRenert71-5
Darsh MehrotraWashingtonKentucky8110
Brandon KohSouthperialBirmingham A8110
Brayden WongBurlington TrojansGlebe8210
Stephen DonoghueSheffield BEdinburgh8410
Georgette BeaumontGrimsleyChapel Hill B8710
Tahira AbdulOxfordWarperial88-5
Julia BeamanMartingroveBella Vista8910
Jack Firth.Minnetonka BMinnetonka C9010
Lucas ZhangNorth CarolinaGeorgia B9110
Frank LovellSheffield AManchester B9110
Michael XuI have no buzzer and I must negThey fuck you up your buzz and neg9110
Amory Kaufman-YoungProvidenceBurnsville9110
Vikhyat KonchadaGeorgia ACalifornia9310
Arjun NairNew YorkTexas B9310
Elif CetinBirmingham BCambridge9410
Ethan ElliottWarperialOxford9410
Shawn ArmstrongJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuTed Offensive9410
Jeffrey WuBelmont AWaltham B9410
Keke XiuAbbey ParkNorthern9410
Vivienne RuemlerBasileus II: Electric BoogalooWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience9410
Ashwin AnandwhateverBig Brown Ballers9410

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%50%33%62.67
Triangle Cup2026-03-133100%33%33%68.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%0%33%81.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13475%0%75%88.33
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%20%60%68.20
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%33%0%72.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%0%75%83.25
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-303100%67%67%61.67
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-195100%0%40%85.80
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%50%25%50.63