1 00:00:01,232 --> 00:00:03,215 More details about the new Star Trek film. 2 00:00:03,674 --> 00:00:07,064 There's going to be a scene depicting Spock's birth. 3 00:00:07,712 --> 00:00:10,639 I'd be more interested in a scene depicting Spock's conception. 4 00:00:12,008 --> 00:00:12,946 Oh, please. 5 00:00:13,066 --> 00:00:16,441 For Vulcans, mating... or if you will, Pon farr... 6 00:00:17,656 --> 00:00:21,169 - it's an extremely private matter. - Still, I'd like to know the details. 7 00:00:21,289 --> 00:00:23,214 His mother was human. His father is Vulcan. 8 00:00:23,334 --> 00:00:25,999 - They couldn't just conceive. - Maybe they had to go to a clinic. 9 00:00:26,119 --> 00:00:28,111 Can you imagine Spock's Dad in a little room 10 00:00:28,231 --> 00:00:30,766 with a copy of Pointy Ears and Shapely Rears. 11 00:00:32,431 --> 00:00:34,996 How come on Star Trek everybody's private parts are the same? 12 00:00:35,879 --> 00:00:39,700 No alien lady ever told Captain Kirk, "Hey, get your thing out of my nose." 13 00:00:42,678 --> 00:00:43,904 Hi. Can you help me? 14 00:00:44,024 --> 00:00:46,286 I was writing an e-mail and the "A" key got stuck. 15 00:00:46,406 --> 00:00:48,127 Now it's just going "Aaa..." 16 00:00:49,254 --> 00:00:51,430 - What'd you spill on it? - Nothing. 17 00:00:52,518 --> 00:00:53,472 Diet Coke. 18 00:00:55,322 --> 00:00:56,369 And yogurt. 19 00:00:57,079 --> 00:00:58,436 And a little nail polish. 20 00:00:58,598 --> 00:01:00,063 I'll take a look at it. 21 00:01:00,493 --> 00:01:03,297 Gentlemen, switching to local nerd news... 22 00:01:03,624 --> 00:01:06,324 Fishman, Chen, Chaudury and McNair aren't fielding a team 23 00:01:06,444 --> 00:01:08,321 in the university Physics Bowl this year. 24 00:01:08,483 --> 00:01:09,822 You're kidding. Why not? 25 00:01:09,983 --> 00:01:12,419 They formed a barbershop quartet and got a gig 26 00:01:12,539 --> 00:01:14,312 playing Knott's Berry Farm. 27 00:01:15,962 --> 00:01:17,401 So, in your world, 28 00:01:17,944 --> 00:01:19,629 you're like the cool guys. 29 00:01:20,893 --> 00:01:22,052 Recognize. 30 00:01:24,289 --> 00:01:26,488 This is our year. With those guys out, 31 00:01:26,608 --> 00:01:28,716 the entire Physics Bowl will kneel before Zod. 32 00:01:29,370 --> 00:01:30,214 Zod? 33 00:01:30,421 --> 00:01:32,053 Kryptonian villain. Long story. 34 00:01:32,215 --> 00:01:33,254 Good story. 35 00:01:36,885 --> 00:01:39,143 - Count me out. - What? Why? 36 00:01:39,512 --> 00:01:42,522 You want me to use my intelligence in a tawdry competition? 37 00:01:43,162 --> 00:01:45,555 Would you ask Picasso to play Pictionary? 38 00:01:46,633 --> 00:01:49,063 Would you ask Noah Webster to play Boggle? 39 00:01:50,025 --> 00:01:52,726 Would you ask Jacques Cousteau to play Go Fish? 40 00:01:54,194 --> 00:01:57,207 Come on, you need a four-person team. We're four people. 41 00:01:57,327 --> 00:02:00,455 By that reasoning we should also play Bridge, hold up a chuppah 42 00:02:00,575 --> 00:02:03,005 and enter the Olympic bobsled competition. 43 00:02:03,821 --> 00:02:05,420 Tickets to that, please. 44 00:02:06,498 --> 00:02:10,341 Sheldon, what, do I need to quote Spock's dying words to you? 45 00:02:10,502 --> 00:02:11,635 No, don't. 46 00:02:12,584 --> 00:02:14,221 "The needs of the many... 47 00:02:14,381 --> 00:02:16,388 "... outweigh the needs of the few. 48 00:02:16,592 --> 00:02:17,612 "Or the one." 49 00:02:18,667 --> 00:02:20,104 Damn it, I'll do it. 50 00:02:21,789 --> 00:02:24,219 Episode 113: The Bat Jar Conjecture 51 00:02:24,808 --> 00:02:27,303 Transcript: swsub.com Sync: sub-way.fr 52 00:02:47,201 --> 00:02:48,964 First order of Physics Bowl business. 53 00:02:50,292 --> 00:02:53,176 We need a truly kick-ass team name. Suggestions? 54 00:02:53,542 --> 00:02:55,953 How about the Perpetual Motion Squad? 55 00:02:57,159 --> 00:03:01,018 It's beyond the laws of physics, plus a little heads-up for the ladies. 56 00:03:01,786 --> 00:03:02,644 The ladies? 57 00:03:02,805 --> 00:03:05,880 "Perpetual Motion Squad... we can go all night." 58 00:03:06,851 --> 00:03:08,602 - I like it. - I don't. 59 00:03:09,113 --> 00:03:11,599 Teams are traditionally named after fierce creatures, 60 00:03:11,719 --> 00:03:13,738 thus intimidating one's opponent. 61 00:03:13,899 --> 00:03:16,609 - Then we could be the Bengal tigers. - Poor choice. 62 00:03:16,729 --> 00:03:18,779 Gram for gram, no animal exceeds 63 00:03:18,899 --> 00:03:21,516 the relative fighting strength of the army ant. 64 00:03:22,406 --> 00:03:23,397 Maybe so, 65 00:03:23,517 --> 00:03:26,627 but you can't incinerate a Bengal tiger with a magnifying glass. 66 00:03:30,214 --> 00:03:32,202 Let's put it to a vote. All those in favor... 67 00:03:32,322 --> 00:03:33,341 Point of order. 68 00:03:33,502 --> 00:03:36,010 I move that any vote on team names must be unanimous. 69 00:03:36,130 --> 00:03:38,776 No man should be forced to emblazon his chest with a Bengal tiger 70 00:03:38,896 --> 00:03:41,668 when common sense dictates it should be an army ant. 71 00:03:42,511 --> 00:03:45,672 Will the gentleman from the great State of Denial yield for a question? 72 00:03:46,495 --> 00:03:47,448 I will yield. 73 00:03:47,568 --> 00:03:50,451 After we go through the exercise of an annoying series of votes, 74 00:03:50,571 --> 00:03:53,602 all of which the gentleman will lose, does he then intend to threaten to quit 75 00:03:53,722 --> 00:03:55,554 - if he does not get his way? - He does. 76 00:03:55,674 --> 00:03:58,040 I move we are the Army Ants. All those in favor? 77 00:04:00,175 --> 00:04:03,664 Good afternoon, and welcome to today's Physics Bowl practice round. 78 00:04:03,825 --> 00:04:05,513 I'm Penny, and I'll be your host 79 00:04:05,633 --> 00:04:07,850 because apparently I didn't have anything else to do 80 00:04:07,970 --> 00:04:11,241 on a Saturday afternoon, and isn't that just a little sad? 81 00:04:13,291 --> 00:04:14,423 Gentlemen, ready? 82 00:04:14,584 --> 00:04:15,968 - Yes. - Fire away. 83 00:04:16,088 --> 00:04:18,113 It's none of my business, but isn't a guy 84 00:04:18,233 --> 00:04:20,840 who can't speak in front of women gonna hold you back a little? 85 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,532 He'll be okay once the women are mixed into the crowd. 86 00:04:23,652 --> 00:04:26,912 He only has a problem when they're one-on-one and smell nice. 87 00:04:27,731 --> 00:04:29,606 Thanks, Raj. It's vanilla oil. 88 00:04:29,993 --> 00:04:32,943 I was actually the one who noticed. Okay, let's just start. 89 00:04:33,538 --> 00:04:36,388 Okay, the first question is on the topic of optics. 90 00:04:36,508 --> 00:04:38,657 "What is the shortest light pulse ever produced?" 91 00:04:39,609 --> 00:04:41,176 - Dr. Cooper. - And of course, 92 00:04:41,296 --> 00:04:42,993 the answer is 130 attoseconds. 93 00:04:43,262 --> 00:04:45,205 - That is correct. - I knew that, too. 94 00:04:46,023 --> 00:04:48,941 Good for you, sweetie. Okay, next question: 95 00:04:49,061 --> 00:04:50,855 "What is the quantum mechanical effect 96 00:04:50,975 --> 00:04:53,088 "used to encode data on hard-disk drives?" 97 00:04:54,807 --> 00:04:57,258 And of course the answer is giant magnetoresistance. 98 00:04:57,494 --> 00:04:59,276 - Right. - Hey, I buzzed in. 99 00:04:59,729 --> 00:05:01,897 And I answered. It's called teamwork. 100 00:05:03,884 --> 00:05:06,365 Don't you think I should answer the engineering questions? 101 00:05:06,485 --> 00:05:07,673 I am an engineer. 102 00:05:07,977 --> 00:05:10,499 By that logic I should answer all the anthropology questions 103 00:05:10,619 --> 00:05:12,050 because I'm a mammal. 104 00:05:14,995 --> 00:05:16,278 Just ask another one. 105 00:05:17,805 --> 00:05:20,003 "What artificial satellite has seen glimpses 106 00:05:20,123 --> 00:05:22,075 of Einstein's predicted frame dragging?" 107 00:05:23,119 --> 00:05:25,335 And of course, it's Gravity Probe B. 108 00:05:25,934 --> 00:05:28,497 Sheldon, you have to let somebody else answer. 109 00:05:28,658 --> 00:05:29,533 Why? 110 00:05:29,786 --> 00:05:30,958 Because it's polite. 111 00:05:31,542 --> 00:05:33,560 What do manners have to do with it? 112 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:34,872 This is war. 113 00:05:35,820 --> 00:05:38,391 Were the Romans polite when they salted the ground of Carthage 114 00:05:38,551 --> 00:05:40,543 to make sure nothing would ever grow again? 115 00:05:41,456 --> 00:05:44,107 Leonard, you said I only had to ask questions. 116 00:05:46,217 --> 00:05:48,664 The objective of the competion is to give correct answers. 117 00:05:48,824 --> 00:05:50,809 If I know them, why shouldn't I give them? 118 00:05:50,969 --> 00:05:53,442 Some of us might have the correct answers, too. 119 00:05:53,692 --> 00:05:55,717 Oh, please. You don't even have a PhD. 120 00:05:55,877 --> 00:05:58,112 - All right, that's it! - Howard, sit down. 121 00:06:00,435 --> 00:06:03,515 - Maybe we should take a little break. - Good idea. I need my wrist brace. 122 00:06:03,675 --> 00:06:06,820 All this button-pushing is aggravating my old Nintendo injury. 123 00:06:08,323 --> 00:06:09,163 I agree. 124 00:06:09,526 --> 00:06:10,843 What did he say? 125 00:06:11,231 --> 00:06:12,547 He compared Sheldon 126 00:06:12,667 --> 00:06:15,786 to a disposable feminine cleansing product 127 00:06:15,946 --> 00:06:18,044 one might use on a summer's eve. 128 00:06:20,635 --> 00:06:22,409 Yeah, and the bag it came in. 129 00:06:27,019 --> 00:06:29,183 Leonard, excellent. I want to show you something. 130 00:06:29,529 --> 00:06:31,200 Can it wait? I need to talk to you. 131 00:06:31,389 --> 00:06:34,698 Just look. I've designed the perfect uniforms for our team. 132 00:06:34,858 --> 00:06:37,208 The colors are based on Star Trek: The Original Series. 133 00:06:37,444 --> 00:06:40,762 The three of you will wear Support Red, and I will wear Command Gold. 134 00:06:42,772 --> 00:06:44,066 Why do they say "AA"? 135 00:06:44,827 --> 00:06:45,825 Army Ants. 136 00:06:47,330 --> 00:06:50,989 Isn't that confusing? "AA" might mean something else to certain people. 137 00:06:52,036 --> 00:06:55,155 Why would a Physics Bowl team be called Anodized Aluminum? 138 00:06:56,367 --> 00:06:57,529 No, I meant... 139 00:06:58,655 --> 00:06:59,655 Never mind. 140 00:07:00,755 --> 00:07:01,755 Check it out, 141 00:07:02,358 --> 00:07:05,315 I got you a Batman cookie jar. 142 00:07:05,716 --> 00:07:08,458 Oh, neat! What's the occasion? 143 00:07:08,676 --> 00:07:11,072 Well, you're a friend, and you like Batman 144 00:07:11,232 --> 00:07:13,428 and cookies, and you're off the team. 145 00:07:17,137 --> 00:07:18,046 What? 146 00:07:18,489 --> 00:07:20,641 Howard, Raj and I just had a team meeting. 147 00:07:20,858 --> 00:07:23,334 - No, you didn't. - Yes, we did. I just came from there. 148 00:07:23,454 --> 00:07:25,535 Okay, I don't know where you just came from, 149 00:07:25,695 --> 00:07:28,701 but it could'nt have been a team meeting because I wasn't there. 150 00:07:28,867 --> 00:07:30,670 Ergo, the team did not meet. 151 00:07:31,539 --> 00:07:33,531 Okay, let me try it this way: 152 00:07:34,296 --> 00:07:37,192 I was at a coffee klatch with a couple of friends, 153 00:07:37,352 --> 00:07:40,599 and one thing led to another, and it turns out you're off the team. 154 00:07:41,868 --> 00:07:42,677 Why? 155 00:07:42,877 --> 00:07:44,960 Because you're taking all the fun out of it. 156 00:07:45,363 --> 00:07:49,120 I'm sorry, is the winner of the Physics Bowl the team that has the most fun? 157 00:07:49,349 --> 00:07:51,010 Okay, let me try it this way: 158 00:07:51,170 --> 00:07:54,383 You're annoying and no one wants to play with you anymore. 159 00:07:56,676 --> 00:07:57,628 I see. 160 00:07:59,898 --> 00:08:02,060 At this point I should inform you 161 00:08:02,497 --> 00:08:04,737 that I intend to form my own team 162 00:08:04,897 --> 00:08:08,238 and destroy the molecular bonds that bind your very matter together 163 00:08:08,398 --> 00:08:11,379 and reduce the resulting particulate chaos to tears. 164 00:08:14,210 --> 00:08:15,824 Thanks for the heads-up. 165 00:08:16,614 --> 00:08:17,583 You're welcome. 166 00:08:19,371 --> 00:08:20,754 - One more thing. - Yes? 167 00:08:20,964 --> 00:08:22,193 It's on, bitch. 168 00:08:30,951 --> 00:08:33,767 - So who'd he get to be on his team? - He won't say. 169 00:08:34,258 --> 00:08:37,286 He just smiles and eats macaroons out of his bat jar. 170 00:08:38,703 --> 00:08:40,323 He's using psychological warfare. 171 00:08:40,769 --> 00:08:44,274 We must reply in kind. I say we wait until he looks at us, 172 00:08:44,434 --> 00:08:47,972 then laugh like, "Yes, you are a smart and strong competitor, 173 00:08:48,132 --> 00:08:49,921 "but we are also smart and strong, 174 00:08:50,081 --> 00:08:52,772 and we have a reasonable chance of defeating you." 175 00:08:54,784 --> 00:08:56,540 How exactly would that laugh go? 176 00:09:01,834 --> 00:09:04,732 That sounds more like, "We are a tall, thin woman 177 00:09:04,892 --> 00:09:07,431 who wants to make a coat out of your Dalmatians." 178 00:09:09,973 --> 00:09:13,138 Let's remember that Sheldon is still our friend and my roommate. 179 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:14,200 So? 180 00:09:15,105 --> 00:09:16,977 So nothing. Let's destroy him. 181 00:09:18,364 --> 00:09:19,364 Gentlemen. 182 00:09:27,637 --> 00:09:29,907 We're going to need a strong fourth for our team. 183 00:09:30,373 --> 00:09:33,869 You know who is apparently very smart is the girl who played TV's Blossom. 184 00:09:35,832 --> 00:09:37,830 She got a PhD. in neuroscience or something. 185 00:09:38,060 --> 00:09:41,887 Raj, we're not getting TV's Blossom to join our Physics Bowl team. 186 00:09:44,061 --> 00:09:46,173 How about the girl from The Wonder Years? 187 00:09:47,921 --> 00:09:51,554 Gentlemen, I believe I've found the solution to all our problems. 188 00:09:53,974 --> 00:09:55,670 We can't ask Leslie Winkle. 189 00:09:55,962 --> 00:09:58,647 Why? Because you slept together, and when she was done with you 190 00:09:58,807 --> 00:10:01,295 she discarded you like last night's chutney? 191 00:10:05,380 --> 00:10:06,240 Yes. 192 00:10:07,404 --> 00:10:09,460 Sometimes you've got to take one for the team. 193 00:10:09,852 --> 00:10:11,179 Sack up, dude. 194 00:10:12,992 --> 00:10:13,796 Fine. 195 00:10:15,479 --> 00:10:17,850 Here I go, taking one for the team... 196 00:10:18,191 --> 00:10:19,294 in the sack. 197 00:10:22,528 --> 00:10:24,719 - Hey, Leslie. - Hi, guys. 198 00:10:25,062 --> 00:10:27,212 So, Leslie, I have a question for you, 199 00:10:27,425 --> 00:10:31,396 and it might be a little awkward, you know, given that I... 200 00:10:31,774 --> 00:10:32,933 Hit that thing. 201 00:10:36,518 --> 00:10:38,732 Leonard, there's no reason to feel uncomfortable 202 00:10:38,852 --> 00:10:40,774 just because we've seen each other's faces 203 00:10:40,894 --> 00:10:43,896 and naked bodies contorted in the sweet agony of coitus. 204 00:10:45,427 --> 00:10:46,418 There's not? 205 00:10:46,538 --> 00:10:49,110 Gee, 'cause it sure sounds like there should be. 206 00:10:50,001 --> 00:10:52,617 Rest assured that any aspects of our sexual relationship 207 00:10:52,737 --> 00:10:56,076 regarding your preferences, your idiosyncrasies, your performance 208 00:10:56,196 --> 00:10:59,104 are still protected by the inherent confidentiality of the bedroom. 209 00:10:59,224 --> 00:11:01,067 That's all very comforting, but if it's okay, 210 00:11:01,187 --> 00:11:03,177 I'd like to get on to my question now. 211 00:11:03,778 --> 00:11:04,583 Proceed. 212 00:11:05,021 --> 00:11:08,460 We are entering the Physics Bowl, and we need a fourth for our team. 213 00:11:08,580 --> 00:11:12,091 No, thanks. I'm really busy with my like-sign dilepton supersymmetry search. 214 00:11:12,261 --> 00:11:14,480 Dilepton, shmylepton. We need you. 215 00:11:15,949 --> 00:11:16,809 Sorry. 216 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:19,500 Well, we tried. 217 00:11:19,856 --> 00:11:23,405 We'll just have to face Sheldon mano y mano y mano a mano. 218 00:11:24,316 --> 00:11:26,563 Wait, you're going up against Sheldon Cooper? 219 00:11:27,776 --> 00:11:30,677 That arrogant, misogynistic, East Texas doorknob 220 00:11:30,797 --> 00:11:33,492 that told me I should abandon my work with high-energy particles 221 00:11:33,612 --> 00:11:35,873 for laundry and childbearing? 222 00:11:38,910 --> 00:11:39,957 She's in. 223 00:11:42,863 --> 00:11:44,359 So, how do you feel? 224 00:11:44,793 --> 00:11:47,793 Nice and loose? Come to play? Got your game face on? 225 00:11:49,298 --> 00:11:50,471 Are you ready? 226 00:11:51,341 --> 00:11:53,966 Yeah. You know, you don't have to stay for the whole thing. 227 00:11:54,137 --> 00:11:56,885 Oh, no. I want to. Sounds really interesting. 228 00:12:03,847 --> 00:12:04,726 Gentlemen. 229 00:12:13,462 --> 00:12:15,050 I'm just gonna sit down. 230 00:12:18,994 --> 00:12:20,617 So, is that your team? 231 00:12:20,968 --> 00:12:22,530 Actually, I don't need a team. 232 00:12:22,650 --> 00:12:24,538 I could easily defeat you single-handedly, 233 00:12:24,741 --> 00:12:26,498 but the rules require four. 234 00:12:26,668 --> 00:12:29,665 So, may I introduce the third-floor janitor, 235 00:12:29,785 --> 00:12:32,663 the lady from the lunch room, and my Spanish is not good... 236 00:12:32,783 --> 00:12:34,597 either her son or her butcher. 237 00:12:35,681 --> 00:12:37,214 And what about your team? 238 00:12:37,334 --> 00:12:40,280 What rat have you recruited to the S.S. Sinking Ship? 239 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:41,494 Hello, Sheldon. 240 00:12:45,027 --> 00:12:46,059 Leslie Winkle. 241 00:12:46,466 --> 00:12:48,837 Yeah, Leslie Winkle. The answer to the question, 242 00:12:48,957 --> 00:12:51,648 "Who made Sheldon Cooper cry like a little girl?" 243 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,996 Well, I'm polymerized tree sap, and you're an inorganic adhesive. 244 00:12:57,116 --> 00:12:59,891 So whatever verbal projectile you launch in my direction 245 00:13:00,011 --> 00:13:02,614 is reflected off of me, returns on its original trajectory 246 00:13:02,734 --> 00:13:03,959 and adheres to you. 247 00:13:05,077 --> 00:13:06,310 Oh, ouch! 248 00:13:07,584 --> 00:13:10,209 Okay, if everyone could please take your seats. 249 00:13:18,155 --> 00:13:19,576 Here's your T-shirt. 250 00:13:23,176 --> 00:13:24,129 PMS? 251 00:13:24,802 --> 00:13:26,428 It's a couple days early... 252 00:13:28,598 --> 00:13:31,355 It stands for "Perpetual Motion Squad." 253 00:13:31,750 --> 00:13:33,422 Of course. What was I thinking? 254 00:13:35,407 --> 00:13:36,865 Good afternoon, everyone, 255 00:13:36,985 --> 00:13:39,903 and welcome to this year's Physics Bowl! 256 00:13:41,940 --> 00:13:45,411 Today's preliminary match features two great teams. 257 00:13:45,952 --> 00:13:48,207 AA versus... 258 00:13:49,368 --> 00:13:50,308 PMS. 259 00:13:50,911 --> 00:13:52,431 All night long, y'all! 260 00:13:57,492 --> 00:14:01,427 Okay, well, let's jump right in. First question for ten points: 261 00:14:01,773 --> 00:14:04,541 "What is the iso-spin singlet partner 262 00:14:04,661 --> 00:14:06,307 "of the pi-zero meson?" 263 00:14:07,386 --> 00:14:08,185 PMS? 264 00:14:08,387 --> 00:14:09,884 - The eta meson. - Correct. 265 00:14:12,599 --> 00:14:14,381 - Formal protest. - On what grounds? 266 00:14:14,501 --> 00:14:17,069 The Velcro on my wrist brace caught on my shirt. 267 00:14:17,646 --> 00:14:20,558 Denied. All right, for ten points, 268 00:14:20,775 --> 00:14:23,128 "What is the lightest element on Earth 269 00:14:23,248 --> 00:14:24,994 "with no stable isotope?" 270 00:14:25,335 --> 00:14:26,140 AA? 271 00:14:26,260 --> 00:14:28,162 And of course, the answer is technetium. 272 00:14:28,324 --> 00:14:29,122 Terrific. 273 00:14:30,451 --> 00:14:31,456 Next question: 274 00:14:31,619 --> 00:14:34,170 "What is the force between two uncharged plates 275 00:14:34,290 --> 00:14:36,504 "due to quantum vacuum fluctuations?" 276 00:14:36,980 --> 00:14:37,797 PMS? 277 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,442 Sheldon can suck on... the Casimir effect. 278 00:14:40,562 --> 00:14:41,440 Correct. 279 00:14:46,714 --> 00:14:50,153 How does a quantum computer factor large numbers? 280 00:14:50,744 --> 00:14:51,562 PMS? 281 00:14:51,763 --> 00:14:53,436 - Shor's algorithm. - Correct! 282 00:14:57,692 --> 00:15:00,570 4.1855 times ten to the seventh ergs per calorie. 283 00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:02,738 Prevost's theory of exchanges. 284 00:15:03,392 --> 00:15:05,479 Lambda equals one over pi r squared n. 285 00:15:05,974 --> 00:15:07,660 760 degrees Celsius... 286 00:15:07,822 --> 00:15:10,684 the approximate temperature of the young lady in the front row. 287 00:15:11,950 --> 00:15:13,876 Mr. Wolowitz, this is your second warning. 288 00:15:15,662 --> 00:15:16,778 A sigma particle. 289 00:15:17,176 --> 00:15:20,507 Yes, assuming the hypothetical planet has a mass greater than the Earth. 290 00:15:20,709 --> 00:15:21,467 Correct! 291 00:15:26,957 --> 00:15:30,850 Ladies and gentlemen, I hold in my hand the final question. 292 00:15:31,887 --> 00:15:35,020 The score now stands. AA: 1,150, 293 00:15:35,140 --> 00:15:38,275 PMS: 1,175. 294 00:15:38,477 --> 00:15:41,927 So, for 100 points and the match, 295 00:15:42,047 --> 00:15:45,997 please turn your attention to the formula on the screens. 296 00:15:46,652 --> 00:15:48,327 Solve the equation. 297 00:15:50,123 --> 00:15:51,263 Holy crap. 298 00:15:53,075 --> 00:15:54,332 What the hell is that? 299 00:15:54,682 --> 00:15:58,168 Looks like something they found on the ship at Roswell. 300 00:15:58,329 --> 00:16:00,463 Come on. Think. Leslie? 301 00:16:00,624 --> 00:16:03,465 It's not gonna work if you rush me. You have to let me get there. 302 00:16:03,668 --> 00:16:05,967 You are never gonna let that go, are you? 303 00:16:06,171 --> 00:16:07,386 Ten seconds. 304 00:16:11,539 --> 00:16:12,433 PMS? 305 00:16:14,501 --> 00:16:15,828 Sorry, I panicked. 306 00:16:17,431 --> 00:16:18,647 Then guess. 307 00:16:21,389 --> 00:16:22,324 Eight. 308 00:16:26,753 --> 00:16:28,192 .4 309 00:16:29,610 --> 00:16:31,519 I'm sorry, that's incorrect. 310 00:16:31,900 --> 00:16:32,704 AA, 311 00:16:33,418 --> 00:16:35,790 if you can answer correctly, the match is yours. 312 00:16:38,895 --> 00:16:40,166 He doesn't have it. 313 00:16:40,782 --> 00:16:41,885 He's got squat. 314 00:16:51,397 --> 00:16:53,135 AA, I need your answer. 315 00:16:55,106 --> 00:16:57,939 The answer is minus eight pi alpha. 316 00:16:58,059 --> 00:16:59,896 Hang on a second. That's not our answer. 317 00:17:00,058 --> 00:17:02,275 - What are you doing? - Answering question. 318 00:17:02,395 --> 00:17:03,814 Winning Physics Bowl. 319 00:17:05,856 --> 00:17:07,814 How do you know anything about physics? 320 00:17:07,934 --> 00:17:09,366 Here I am janitor. 321 00:17:09,486 --> 00:17:12,409 In former Soviet Union, I am physicist. 322 00:17:12,854 --> 00:17:14,703 Leningrad Politechnika. 323 00:17:15,194 --> 00:17:16,746 Go Polar Bears. 324 00:17:19,887 --> 00:17:21,525 That's a delightful little story, 325 00:17:21,645 --> 00:17:24,149 but our arrangement was that you sit here and not say anything... 326 00:17:24,269 --> 00:17:27,222 - I answer the questions. - You didn't answer question. 327 00:17:27,342 --> 00:17:30,364 Look, now, maybe you have democracy now in your beloved Russia, 328 00:17:30,484 --> 00:17:33,344 but on this Physics Bowl team, I rule with an iron fist. 329 00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:37,197 AA, I need your official answer. 330 00:17:37,387 --> 00:17:39,477 - It's not what he said. - Then what is it? 331 00:17:39,690 --> 00:17:41,647 - I want a different question. - You can't. 332 00:17:41,767 --> 00:17:43,190 - Formal protest. - Denied. 333 00:17:43,351 --> 00:17:44,816 Informal protest. 334 00:17:45,565 --> 00:17:46,402 Denied. 335 00:17:47,354 --> 00:17:50,447 - I need your official answer. - No. I decline to provide one. 336 00:17:50,609 --> 00:17:53,909 That's too bad because the answer your teammate gave was correct. 337 00:17:55,436 --> 00:17:57,006 That's your opinion. 338 00:17:59,988 --> 00:18:02,585 - The winner of the match is... - Hang on. 339 00:18:04,051 --> 00:18:07,720 Is proving that you are single-handedly smarter than everyone else so important 340 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,217 that you would rather lose by yourself than win as part of a team? 341 00:18:12,902 --> 00:18:14,679 I don't understand the question. 342 00:18:16,141 --> 00:18:18,600 - Go ahead. - The winner is PMS. 343 00:18:56,425 --> 00:18:58,176 Sorry, somebody's sitting there. 344 00:18:59,093 --> 00:18:59,893 Who? 345 00:19:00,219 --> 00:19:02,275 My Physics Bowl trophy. 346 00:19:04,926 --> 00:19:08,192 That trophy is meaningless. I forfeited, therefore you did not win. 347 00:19:08,395 --> 00:19:10,522 - I know someone who would disagree. - Who? 348 00:19:10,642 --> 00:19:12,946 My Physics Bowl trophy. 349 00:19:14,202 --> 00:19:15,700 Leonard is so smart. 350 00:19:16,486 --> 00:19:19,161 - Sheldon who? - All right, that is very immature. 351 00:19:19,322 --> 00:19:21,751 You're right. I'm sorry. I'm not! 352 00:19:24,232 --> 00:19:26,663 - Okay, new contest. - What are you doing? 353 00:19:26,962 --> 00:19:29,117 I am settling once and for all 354 00:19:29,237 --> 00:19:31,952 who is the smartest around here, okay? 355 00:19:32,072 --> 00:19:33,380 - Ready? - Absolutely. 356 00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:34,552 Bring it on. 357 00:19:35,184 --> 00:19:37,801 "Marsha, Jan and Cindy were the three daughters 358 00:19:37,921 --> 00:19:39,306 "in what TV family?" 359 00:19:43,828 --> 00:19:44,853 The Brady Bunch. 360 00:19:47,809 --> 00:19:51,651 "Sammy Hagar replaced David Lee Roth as the lead singer in what group?" 361 00:19:56,552 --> 00:19:57,692 The Brady Bunch? 362 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:01,494 Van Halen. 363 00:20:03,032 --> 00:20:05,665 "Madonna was married to this Ridgemont High alum." 364 00:20:08,013 --> 00:20:10,177 Oh, my God! Sean Penn! 365 00:20:10,373 --> 00:20:12,310 How do you know these things? 366 00:20:13,149 --> 00:20:16,009 I go outside, and I talk to people. 367 00:20:17,872 --> 00:20:20,403 Okay, here. "What actor holds the record 368 00:20:20,523 --> 00:20:23,059 "for being named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive?" 369 00:20:23,518 --> 00:20:25,061 - William Shatner. - Wait. 370 00:20:27,866 --> 00:20:29,455 I don't think it's Shatner. 371 00:20:29,810 --> 00:20:31,717 Then it's got to be Patrick Stewart. 372 00:20:35,820 --> 00:20:37,072 Formal protest. 373 00:20:39,233 --> 00:20:41,494 "Singer who sang, Oops, I Did It Again?" 374 00:20:49,715 --> 00:20:52,463 "Tweetie Bird tought he taw a what?" 375 00:20:56,537 --> 00:20:57,527 Romulan. 376 00:21:01,976 --> 00:21:02,910 Yes. 377 00:21:03,030 --> 00:21:05,265 He tought he taw a Romulan.