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Physics: In the form of a question, please

Where else can you find a national laboratory for $1200?

The recently aired Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions took contestants on a video tour of Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York while quizzing them on particle physics. As reported in the December issue of symmetry magazine, the producers of the show also visited SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California to film video questions.

Test yourself with this collection of clips Brookhaven posted on its YouTube channel.

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