| 2007 |
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| Anam Ahmed |
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Acceleration of a dragster |
| Imran Akhtar |
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Salary of a football player (soccer), Compression strength of bone and brick: Sin City |
| Marcelo Bernal |
|
Mass of US beef consumption |
| Simas Ceckauskas |
|
Height of an adult human |
| Gary Chang |
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Index of refraction of ruby and sapphire |
| Jeanne Chau |
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Index of refraction of cubic zirconia, Speed of a minibike: Jackass Number Two |
| Simon Chen |
|
Angular speed of a hard disk drive, Coefficient of friction for skin: The Incredible Hulk |
| Nadya Dillon |
|
Price of liquid helium |
| Karen Fan |
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Price of liquid nitrogen, Force of a superhero: Superman Returns |
| Olubunmi Fashusi |
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Temperature at which chicken is cooked, Speed of a retired basketball player |
| Jannatul Ferdaus |
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Temperature at which lamb is cooked |
| Karen Freire |
|
Temperature at which pork is cooked |
| Dmitriy Gekhman |
|
Density of steam, Speed of a Screaming Slingshot Monkey |
| Artem Gindin |
|
Density of petroleum, Acceleration due to gravity: Super Mario Brothers |
| Anthony Ho |
|
Temperature of a TIG welder, Coefficient of friction for skin: The Incredible Hulk |
| Karmen Ho |
|
Density of osmium, Speed of a minibike: Jackass Number Two |
| Carol Hsin |
|
Period of a pulsar |
| Arif Hussain |
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Salary of an engineer, Speed of a car: Road Trip |
| Evan Kaplan |
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Speed of a falling raindrop, Do seatbelts save lives? |
| Stephanie Kim |
|
Length of a human intestine, Size of a shoe: More body proportions |
| Dana Klavansky |
|
Resistivity of carbon, amorphous |
| Eugene Kolomiyets |
|
Worth of the wealthiest person in the US |
| Harvey Kwan |
|
Resistivity of nichrome |
| Lorant Lee |
|
Number of web pages, Speed of a minibike: Jackass Number Two |
| Adam Lefky |
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Number of televisions in the US, Acceleration due to gravity: Super Mario Brothers |
| Lily Li |
|
Temperature of the ocean, Size of a shoe: More body proportions |
| Zhao Liang |
|
Number of crimes in New York City, Force of a windmill slam dunk: Dominique Wilkins |
| Mimi Lim |
|
Time spent sleeping |
| Janan Liu |
|
Speed of a spear: Troy |
| David Louisia |
|
Number of planets |
| Jason Lu |
|
Number of asteroids, Coefficient of friction for skin: The Incredible Hulk |
| Allen Ma |
|
Density of water, Compression strength of bone and brick: Sin City |
| Brian Marino |
|
Pressure in a car tire, Speed of a football player: Madden NFL 2006 |
| Raj Mathew |
|
Resistance of a resistor: Blame the students or blame the resistors? |
| Dasha Mulyakhova |
|
Dielectric strength of waxed paper, Speed of a subway: Batman Begins |
| Tatyana Nektalova |
|
Power of a microwave oven, Pressure in the human circulatory system: Is gender a factor? |
| Oluwemimo Oladapo |
|
Salary of a basketball player, Force of a windmill slam dunk: Vince Carter |
| Eugene Olfir |
|
Volume of world beer consumption |
| Anna Ostrovskaya |
|
Speed of the fastest pitched baseball |
| Anurag Panda |
|
Energy density of carbohydrates, Blame the students or blame the resistors? |
| Vashti Prasad |
|
Dielectric strength of paper, Size of a shoe: More body proportions |
| Connie Qiu |
|
Coefficients of friction for human joints |
| Tabraiz Rasul |
|
Coefficients of friction for snow, Speed of superhero: Smallville |
| Gennadiy Rozentsvayg |
|
Number of transistors on an integrated circuit, Speed of a subway: Batman Begins |
| Vladimir Shumovych |
|
Depth of the deepest dive with breathing apparatus |
| Stephen Singh |
|
Speed of a spear: Troy |
| Svetlana Sutskaya |
|
Diameter of an igloo |
| Melissa Tam |
|
Distance of the longest putted golf ball |
| Tamara Tamazashvili |
|
Number of televisions in the US |
| Daniel Touger |
|
Power of a quasar, Speed of a cliff diver: Huge Cliff Jump |
| May Wan |
|
Voltage of a nickel cadmium battery, Size of a shoe: More body proportions |
| Shemika White |
|
Pressure to rupture an eardrum, Speed of a retired basketball player |
| William Wong |
|
Pressure to rupture an eardrum, Speed of superhero: Smallville |
| Angie Yuan |
|
Thickness of Arctic ice |
| Susan Zhao |
|
Wavelength of maximum human visual sensitivity |
| Andrew Zheng |
|
Temperature of a sauna, Speed of a spear: Troy |
| Suzanna Zhou |
|
Pressure in a tractor tire, Resistance of a resistor: Blame the students or blame the resistors? |
| The Students of Physics C |
|
Magnetic field of a soft iron magnet (10 Diagrams! 10!!) |
| 2006 |
| |
| Ebru Bek |
|
Power of a cell phone transmitter |
| Jamin Bennett |
|
Salary of a physicist, Coefficients of restitution |
| Gina Castellano |
|
Speed of falling Saruman: Lord of the Rings, Volume of Seattle's annual precipitation |
| Chris Cha |
|
Salary of a football player (American), Speed of a human running: Is footwear a factor? |
| Andrew Chan |
|
How long do the subway doors stay open? |
| Lun Chen |
|
Energy in a ton of coal, Speed of a human running: Is footwear a factor? |
| Davis Chen |
|
Speed of a dragster or funny car, Speed of a human running: Is footwear a factor? |
| Jenna Conversano |
|
Speed of falling Saruman: Lord of the Rings, Mass of US beef production |
| Shu Mei Deng |
|
Speed of the fastest badminton shuttlecock, Fingertip reaction time |
| Bishoy Emmanuel |
|
Speed of a golf ball, Speed of a car: Honda Civic Si commercial |
| Laura Falci |
|
Mass of US breakfast cereal consumption |
| Nervana Gaballa |
|
Speed of a river |
| Stephanie Gambino |
|
Center of mass of a human, Mass of a human heart |
| Dmitriy Gekhman |
|
Mass of a human head |
| Marina Grinstvayg |
|
Resistivity of mercury |
| Kiesha Harding |
|
Duration of the longest space flight |
| Eunice Huang |
|
Speed of a rogue bludger: Harry Potter, Resistivity of aluminum oxide |
| Arif Hussain |
|
Temperature of an arc furnace |
| Sahrish Javed |
|
Fingertip reaction time, Number of deaths in the US |
| Stacey Johnson |
|
Size of a human: Body proportions, Number of people in a family |
| Matthew Kent |
|
Length of high voltage power transmission lines |
| James Kim |
|
More acceleration perturbations of daily living, Height of a domed stadium |
| Lorant Lee |
|
Temperature at which fish is cooked |
| Yuliana León |
|
Number of obese people in the US |
| Jennifer Leong |
|
Speed and mass of a dodge ball, Number of colors distinguishable by the human eye |
| Helen Li |
|
Depth of the ocean |
| Ting Ting Luo |
|
Speed of a rogue bludger: Harry Potter, Index of refraction of vegetable oil |
| Allen Ma |
|
Depth of the Grand Canyon |
| Terry Mathew |
|
Electric current through the atmosphere |
| Lev Mazniker |
|
Frequency of a cat's purr |
| Kristine McPherson |
|
Mass of the universe, Size of a human: Body proportions |
| Ruwan Meepagala |
|
Coefficients of restitution |
| Matthew Michaels |
|
Coefficients of friction for concrete, Power of the mutant Storm: X-Men |
| Michael Mirochnik |
|
Center of mass of a human, Density of uranium |
| Maté Nagy |
|
More acceleration perturbations of daily living, Income of the average person on earth |
| Tatyana Nektalova |
|
Energy density of diesel fuel |
| Melanie Ng |
|
Pressure on the surface of Titan |
| Scott Schechter |
|
Center of mass of a human, Price of gasoline |
| Yulian Shtern |
|
Energy in a ton of coal |
| Michelle Sze |
|
Price of natural gas |
| Collin Tam |
|
Speed of a rogue bludger: Harry Potter, Price of electric energy |
| Sze Yin Tam |
|
Energy of a truck battery, Speed of a human running: Is footwear a factor? |
| Julie Tan |
|
Price of copper, Fingertip reaction time |
| Sam Tetruashvili |
|
How long do the subway doors stay open? Resistivity of water |
| Daniel Touger |
|
Mass of all the people on earth |
| Umran Ugur |
|
Resistivity of steel |
| Natalie Weng |
|
Fingertip reaction time |
| Saintedym Wills |
|
Acceleration of a roller coaster |
| Miao Ling Wu |
|
Salary of a professor |
| Erica Yauri |
|
Salary of a teacher |
| 2005 |
| |
| Randy Abbas |
|
Density of the solar wind |
| Genna Ableman |
|
… friction of skin, … The Run, … floppy disk, Kelvin … generator |
| Rory Abrams |
|
Time spent at work |
| Virginia Allard |
|
Density of soap |
| Monique Anthony |
|
… friction of paper, … Bad Boys II, … vertical limit, indices of refraction |
| Kristina Arthurs |
|
… friction of paper, … Bad Boys II, … lowest parachute jump, indices of refraction |
| Maya Barsky |
|
Index of refraction of air |
| Africa Belgrave |
|
… friction of skin, … Rendezvous, indices of refraction |
| Jamin Bennett |
|
Index of refraction of diamond |
| Manuel Caban |
|
… friction of glass, … Loading a Bike, |
| Michael Calamera |
|
… friction of rubber, … French Connection, … deepest dive …, telegraph |
| Gina Castellano |
|
Voltage of electroshock therapy |
| Justin Che |
|
Index of refraction of glass, crown |
| Nadia Christopher |
|
… friction of paper, … Bad Boys II, indices of refraction |
| Agatha Cwalina |
|
Number of frequencies distinguishable by the human ear |
| Whitney Daniel |
|
… friction of glass, … Bad Boys II, indices of refraction |
| Hamida Daud |
|
Volume of earth's lakes |
| Shirley Deng |
|
Index of refraction of glycerol |
| Laura DePalma |
|
Volume of New York City's annual precipitation |
| Emre Erdal |
|
Index of refraction of Lucite |
| Willie Feng |
|
… friction of granite, … Bird Baseball |
| Gil Fishman |
|
Index of refraction of quartz |
| Yuen H. Fong |
|
Number of nuclear weapons capable nations |
| Michelle Fung |
|
… friction of granite, … The Run, Energy … hydrogen, acceleration perturbations … |
| Alina Genis |
|
Index of refraction of sodium chloride (table salt) |
| Caroline Georges |
|
Price of coal |
| Natalie Gertsik |
|
Price of ethanol (grain alcohol) |
| Jeff Gilbert |
|
Volume of a swimming pool |
| ZoéAnn Gilroy |
|
Volume of vodka consumption |
| Alexander Gizersky |
|
Price of steel |
| Matthew Grabczynski |
|
… friction of granite, … Snow Jump |
| Alexis Grisales |
|
… friction of glass, … Iraqi Olympic Diving |
| Erik Hageman |
|
… friction of rubber, … French Connection, telegraph |
| Florence Hang |
|
Pressure on earth, highest |
| Amy Ho |
|
Index of refraction of water |
| Jenny Hua |
|
… friction of aluminum, … The Run, Energy … methanol, acceleration perturbations … |
| Munif Hussain |
|
Index of refraction of ice |
| Mayya Kats |
|
Speed needed to escape the earth (escape velocity) |
| Jerard Kneifati-Hayek |
|
… friction of rubber, … French Connection, … marijuana consumption, telegraph |
| Eugene Kondratov |
|
Price of gold |
| Alicia Kosiba |
|
Speed of a falling hailstone |
| Diana Kuruvilla |
|
… friction of wood, … Blues Brothers, … electroshock therapy, acceleration … elevator |
| Michelle Lee |
|
Number of billionaires |
| Harvey Lei |
|
… friction of skin, … The Run, Curie … iron, Kelvin … generator |
| Jennifer Leong |
|
Number of people living in poverty |
| Gary Louie |
|
… friction of wood, … Blues Brothers, acceleration perturbations … |
| Stephanie Ma |
|
… friction of aluminum, … Rendezvous, Curie … nickel, acceleration perturbations … |
| Natalia Maldonado |
|
Speed of video tape |
| Geeta Malieckal |
|
… friction of rubber, … French Connection, Cost … New York City, indices of refraction |
| Brittany Mejia |
|
… friction of granite, … Rendezvous, Kelvin … generator |
| Michael Mirochnik |
|
Speed of a stock car |
| Tricia Mui |
|
Number of deaths in New York City |
| Maya Nathan |
|
Temperature of a home oven |
| Kenny Ngo |
|
Pressure in an espresso machine |
| Daniel Nopachinda |
|
Salary of a biologist |
| George Payyapilli |
|
Pressure used to manufacture puffed cereal |
| Victoria Pisarevskaya |
|
Salary of a chemist |
| Victoria Poon |
|
Pressure in a fire extinguisher |
| Bridget Ritter |
|
… friction of skin, … Rendezvous, indices of refraction |
| Michael Robbins |
|
… friction of steel, … Spider-Man, Speed … baseball, MetroCard |
| David Rozenberg |
|
… friction of steel, … Spider-Man, Kelvin … generator |
| Vita Rymaruk |
|
Salary of a geologist |
| Daniel Saronson |
|
… friction of steel, … Spider-Man, MetroCard |
| Yasmin Sinclair |
|
Curie temperature of cobalt |
| Dorothy Soo |
|
… friction of wood, … Blues Brothers, … mercury light, acceleration … elevator |
| Olga Strachna |
|
… friction of wood, … Blues Brothers, Price of petroleum, acceleration … elevator |
| Gafei Szeto |
|
… friction of steel, … Spider-Man, MetroCard |
| Sahar Takkouche |
|
Power of a fighter plane |
| Collin Tam |
|
Diameter of the moon's orbit |
| Leo Tam |
|
… friction of aluminum, … Le Mans, … escape velocity, telegraph |
| Julie Tan |
|
Curie temperature of nickel |
| Eileen Tang |
|
Ignition temperature of diesel fuel |
| Judy Tang |
|
Temperature on earth |
| Yat Man Tsui |
|
Power of car headlights |
| Larisa Tuchinshaya |
|
Duration of the shortest laser pulse |
| Louis William Tullo |
|
Temperature of a Japanese bath (お風呂) |
| Himtang Wong |
|
Temperature of a sauna |
| Kevin Yam |
|
Salary of a hockey player |
| Karen Yee |
|
Temperature at which tea is brewed, 茶酿造的温度 |
| Orin Zahra |
|
Temperature at which beer is brewed |
| Daria Zainoullina |
|
Power of a lighthouse |
| Jennifer Zhong |
|
Temperature of a home oven |
| 2002 |
| |
| Tahir Ahmed |
|
Wavelength of the sun's peak radiation output |
| Johnny Alicea |
|
Speed of light, … people in the US, … dimension of broccoli |
| Domna Antoniadis |
|
Range of a handgun bullet |
| Jason Atkins |
|
Angular speed of the earth |
| Nickisha Berlus |
|
Range of an artillery shell |
| Samuel Bernard |
|
… the moon, … births in the US, … dimension of bread |
| Carmen Bissessar |
|
Diameter of the known universe |
| Pavel Borodulin |
|
Wavelength range of visible light |
| Alyssa Brown |
|
Diameter of the moon |
| Zachary Campbell |
|
Mass of a bowling ball |
| Edwin Cartegena |
|
Density of sea water |
| Anthony Cheedie |
|
Temperature of an oxyacetylene torch |
| Shirley Cheung |
|
Range of a cruise missile |
| Ruby Choi |
|
Height of the tallest building |
| John Chu |
|
Temperature of a blast furnace |
| Saad Dar |
|
Mass of the moon |
| Samantha Dong |
|
Mass … earth, … science review book, … dimension of bread |
| Kathy Donina |
|
Density of bone |
| David Engel |
|
Mass of Jupiter |
| Max Golomshtok |
|
Fractal dimension of broccoli |
| Bogusia Grzywaiz |
|
Number of cellular phones in the US |
| Jonathan Hamill |
|
Voltage of a stun gun, Salary for a Baseball Player |
| Jennifer Hu |
|
Focal length of an astronomical telescope |
| Louise Huang |
|
Mass of a football (soccer ball) |
| Miriam Janove |
|
Focal length of a camera lens |
| Alicia Jones |
|
Density of milk |
| Joby Josekutty |
|
Speed of a commercial jet airplane |
| Adam Kapelner |
|
Energy … United States, … dimension of broccoli |
| Ramanjit Kaur |
|
Focal length of eyeglasses |
| Sabrina Khan |
|
Height of the tallest building, … dimension of bread |
| Julia Khutoretskaya |
|
Focal length of a human eye |
| Felicia Lau |
|
Curie temperature of iron |
| Richard Lau |
|
Diameter of the moon |
| Edward LaValley |
|
Density of sea water |
| Christine Lee |
|
Mass of the earth |
| Lillian Lee |
|
Mass of Jupiter |
| Sai Lee |
|
Melting point of glass |
| Stacy Leong |
|
Period of the sun's orbit around the galaxy (cosmic year) |
| Eric Leung |
|
Energy density of propane |
| Jordan Levine |
|
Area of New York City, Mass of a dog |
| Patrick Li |
|
Time spent sleeping |
| Ada Li |
|
Mass of the moon |
| Anand Maharaj |
|
Melting point of glass |
| Jenny Mai |
|
Speed of the fastest jai alai ball |
| Biju Mathew |
|
Number of People in New York City |
| Jane Min |
|
Number of rats in New York City |
| Anicia Ndabahaliye |
|
… human eye, … human brain, … dimension of bread |
| Michael Ng |
|
Highest critical temperature superconductor |
| Millicent Okereke |
|
Mass of a penny |
| Leah Oppenheim |
|
Mass of a newborn baby, Number of births in the US |
| David Parizh |
|
Speed of nerve impulses |
| Alex Roslyakov |
|
Energy in a ton of TNT |
| Jane Rubinshteyn |
|
Altitude of the highest toy balloon flight |
| Daniel Rudefer |
|
Volume of US whiskey consumption |
| Vitaliy Shchupak |
|
… crimes in New York State, … dimension of broccoli |
| Karol Shepelsky |
|
Energy density of petroleum |
| Stefan Singh |
|
Speed of the fastest train |
| Eugene Statnikov |
|
Speed of ocean currents |
| Matthew Stravitz |
|
Speed of light |
| Amanda Thomas |
|
Mass of a newborn baby |
| Jany Tran |
|
Energy in a cubic meter of natural gas |
| Raymond Tran |
|
Energy of a car battery |
| Lisa Tsang |
|
Length of a football field (soccer) |
| Mary Vernov |
|
Volume of US rum consumption |
| Stan Vinokur |
|
Area of Brooklyn |
| Ricky Wells |
|
Frequency of bat sonar |
| Christina Wong |
|
Area of New York City |
| Amy Wu |
|
Separation between tracks on a DVD |
| Anna Yarusskaya |
|
Density of bone |
| Jennifer Yu |
|
Length of a football field (soccer pitch) |
| Mimi Zheng |
|
Pressure in outer space |
