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LSU Physics & Astronomy Chess Finale
1st place: William Braverman
Ping Pong Tournament
1st →Undergraduates Chris Abadie and Derek Walker
2nd → Professors Lai Chan and Hwang Lee
Scavenger Hunt
Winner: AHHHHHHH!
Pictionary
Winner: AHHHHHHH!
LSU-Physics IQ Test (run as a 3-Strikes-You're-Out)
1st place: Professor Ravi Rau (Selecting an Issac Newton "action figure")
2nd place: Juhan Frank (Selecting an Albert Einstein action figure)
3rd place: Graduate student Siddhartha Das (winning a Mr. Spock action figure)
4th place: Tied by graduate students Zhichao Xue and Sahil Saini
Fully - Annotated Questions
Ping Pong Tournament
1st →Undergraduates Chris Abadie and Derek Walker
2nd → Professors Lai Chan and Hwang Lee
Chess Tournament
The Chess Tournament was going to be decided by a 3-game match between
Kesley Ebbs and (current department Champion) David Kekejian. Only one game has yet
been played, with Kekejian winning a close game.
Acceleration Duels
The grand championship of the Minimum Acceleration duels did not happen, because we
ran out of ice cream cones.
Undergraduates: Justin Champagne, Rory Bentley, Benjamin Box, Rob Cottingham
Graduates: Noah Morris, Arshag Ozian, Anthony Brady, Siddharth Soni
Judges: Prof Jim Matthews, Prof. Ravi Rau
Physics Opinions (Won by the Graduate Students by 2:1)
Physics Charades (Won by the Graduate Students for getting first the phrase “Professor
Matthews’ Goatee".)
Mad Scientist Laugh Competition (Won by the Undergraduates, with Justin Champagne’s
marvellous depiction of ‘genius’ in his Mad Scientist Laugh. The Graduate's Noah Morris
also performed a great depiction of ‘evil’ with his award-deserving laugh.)
Physics Pictionary (Won by the Graduate Students for their remarkably fast rendition
of “Big Bang Theory”)
Physics Brainteasers (Won by the Undergraduates 2 to 1)
Winners: The Graduate students, by a score of 3 to 2.
Prizes: Einstein doll, Einstein T-shirt, Einstein book, and Dr. Who Electronic screwdriver
1st →Professors Lai Chan and Hwang Lee
2nd → Graduate Student Siddhartha Das and Postdoc Guillermo Valdes
The circle of assassins ran for about 15 minutes. Prof. Manos Chatzopolous managed an impressive string of ‘kills’. But he was then taken out by Tiffany Lastinger, as she snuck around a corner. It then came down to undergraduate Tiffany and graduate Rachel Malecek. Tiffany made the mistake of entering the library carrying many of the sheets of paper that were obviously target lists, so Rachel spotted her quickly. They then were face to face, where assassinations were not allowed while your intended-victim can see you. But then Tiffany made the fatal mistake of being distracted by a friend (Katie Nugent, who had been previously assassinated by Prof. Chatzopolous) to look away, whereupon Rachel immediately tapped her gently on the top of the head to perform the assassination. So, Rachel Malacez is the winner of the Physics Assassin Game, and her main prize is simply being alive. Well, she also won a (13th) Dr. Who Electronic Screwdriver.
LSU-Physics IQ Test (run as a 3-Strikes-You're-Out)
1st place: Professor Ravi Rau (Selecting an Issac Newton "action figure")
2nd place: Juhan Frank (Selecting an Albert Einstein action figure)
3rd place: Graduate student Siddhartha Das (winning a Mr. Spock action figure)
4th place: Tied by graduate students Zhichao Xue and Sahil Saini
Fully - Annotated Questions
Ping Pong Tournament
1st →Undergraduates Chris Abadie and Derek Walker
2nd → Professors Lai Chan and Hwang Lee
Chess Tournament
The Chess Tournament was going to be decided by a 3-game match between
Kesley Ebbs and (current department Champion) David Kekejian. Only one game has
yet been played, with Kekejian winning a close game.
Acceleration Duels
The grand championship of the Minimum Acceleration duels did not happen, because we
ran out of ice cream cones.
Professor's Panel: Juhan Frank , Jonathon Dowling, Jim Matthews, & Ravi Rau
Graduate Student Panel: Sam Kellar, Nick Cannady, Steven Dorsher, David Kekejian
Winners → the Professors, by a score of 40 to 38 (each Prof won a Tardis Box)
Questions
Questions with answers, commentary, and results
1st →Mohammad Saghayezhian and Chen Chen
2nd → Jon Cripe and D. J. Pleshinger (last year's winners)
1st in Grand Melee → Siddhartha Das (winning an electric screwdriver)
2nd in Grand Melee → Sahil Saini (winning an electric screwdriver)
Department of Physics Champion → David Kekejian
1st → Ali Dreyfuss, Noah Morris, and Phil Wall (won Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Obi-wan Kenobi action figures)
2nd → Mario Alegre, Daniel Alegre, and Nicholas Chason (won R2D2 action figure)
Original Physics Limerick:
There once was a neutral neutrino,
who dreamt that he could be a C.E.O.
He went off to college
to get some knowledge,
but no one would hire him, though.
-By Ali Dreyfuss
1st → Azadeh Keivani, Kundan Kadam, and Jeffrey Kite (won 3 Big Bang Theory bobble heads)
2nd → Zhichao Xue, Noah Morris, and Amir Shadkam (won 2 Big Bang Theory bobble heads plus one Great Physicist card deck)
