Packet 5: Bonus 15
The apparatus used in this experiment was built on a large sandstone block, floating in a circular trough of mercury. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this 1887 study that attempted to measure Earth's motion through the luminiferous aether by comparing the interference fringes of light-traveling along perpendicular arms.
ANSWER: Michelson-Morley experiment
[10e] The Michelson-Morley experiment contradicted the "Galilean" form of this concept. Albert Einstein later introduced both "special" and "general" forms of this concept.
ANSWER: relativity [accept Galilean relativity, special relativity, and general relativity]
[10h] The Sagnac effect, which was discovered in a follow-up to the Michelson-Morley experiment, underlies the “optical” type of these devices used in many navigation systems. The Gravity Probe B experiment used one of these devices with two gimbals to measure frame-dragging.
ANSWER: gyroscopes [accept optical gyroscopes]
<Science - Physics, Hariharan Ananthakrishnan> | VAULT II Packet 05
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 21.36 | 100% | 75% | 39% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian Rift in the Sky | Heauton Timorumenos | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family | Big Brown Ballers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance | Always Set the Kurve | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Taman's Nepo Babies | Midnight Bus to Vista | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience | whatever | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 26.25 | 100% | 100% | 63% |