Question

Richard Clay developed a form of this process called “claymotion” that makes heavy use of multiplexing. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this activity modeled by beats in siteswap notation. Ladder diagrams document types of this activity like “Mills’ Mess” and “Rubenstein’s Revenge.”
ANSWER: juggling [or word forms of juggle; accept specific types of juggling, such as toss juggling or ball juggling]
[10m] This thinker built an early juggling robot from an Erector set and published the first mathematical equation of juggling, correlating air time to time in hand. From his “toy room” at MIT, this thinker created the toy mouse Theseus and estimated the game complexity of chess.
ANSWER: Claude Shannon [or Claude Elwood Shannon; accept Shannon number]
[10e] A variation of column juggling named for these toys keeps two balls moving together as if attached by string. These toys with a Tagalog name can have modified axles to make tricks like “walking the dog” easier.
ANSWER: yo-yos [or bandalore]

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Brown ANYU A10101030
Chicago AMaryland A10101030
Chicago BImperial A001010
Cornell BClaremont A010010
Duke APenn State A1001020
Georgia Tech BNorthwestern A10101030
Illinois AFlorida B0101020
Iowa State AJohns Hopkins A1001020
Michigan AGeorgia Tech A0101020
North Carolina ACornell A0101020
Ohio State AUC Berkeley B0101020
Rutgers APenn A001010
Rutgers BYale A001010
South Carolina AIndiana A001010
Stanford AMinnesota B001010
Texas AColumbia A001010
Toronto AYale B001010
UC Berkeley AVirginia A10101030
Vanderbilt AMinnesota A001010
WUSTL AFlorida A001010
WUSTL BMcGill A0101020