55:, and was renamed to "Physics Bowl" in 1990. In 2002, the test expanded to include a second division. Division I students complete questions 1 through 40, while Division II students complete questions 11–50. The Division 2 contest contains more difficult questions and is made for students with advanced conceptual understanding of physics. Students participating in the Division 2 contest usually take more than a year of physics while students who participate in the Division 1 contest usually take a year or less of physics. Thus the whole test is 50 questions long, but each student must only complete 40, and the middle 30 questions overlap between divisions.
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1390:(APS)
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857:Score
659:Score
463:Score
265:Score
69:Score
1050:Rank
854:Rank
656:Rank
460:Rank
262:Rank
66:Rank
1372:14
1364:13
1356:12
1348:11
1340:10
1332:09
1324:08
1316:07
1308:06
1300:05
1292:04
1284:03
1276:02
1268:01
1232:MI
1223:27*
1189:28*
1155:29*
1147:NY
1138:29*
1113:MD
1104:30*
1096:IL
1087:30*
1079:CA
1036:FL
1027:31*
1010:31*
993:31*
976:31*
959:31*
951:CA
925:32*
891:33*
874:33*
719:CA
702:ON
685:IL
625:TN
608:OH
574:VA
557:CA
540:ON
523:CA
444:ON
427:ON
393:CT
342:ON
325:CA
308:CT
291:CA
146:MD
129:CT
95:CA
1548::
1511:^
1453:,
1414:^
1220:10
1206:28
1172:29
1121:30
1070:38
1024:10
942:32
908:33
829:37
826:10
812:37
795:37
778:38
761:38
744:38
727:38
710:38
693:39
676:40
633:34
630:10
616:34
599:35
582:35
565:35
548:35
531:36
514:36
497:36
480:37
435:31
432:10
418:31
401:32
384:32
367:33
350:34
333:34
316:34
299:36
282:40
239:34
236:10
222:34
205:35
188:35
171:36
154:36
137:36
120:36
103:36
86:38
39:.
1458:,
1203:9
1186:8
1169:7
1152:6
1135:5
1118:4
1101:3
1084:2
1067:1
1007:9
990:8
973:7
956:6
939:5
922:4
905:3
888:2
871:1
809:9
792:8
775:7
758:6
741:5
724:4
707:3
690:2
673:1
613:9
596:8
579:7
562:6
545:5
528:4
511:3
494:2
477:1
415:9
398:8
381:7
364:6
347:5
330:4
313:3
296:2
279:1
219:9
202:8
185:7
168:6
151:5
134:4
117:3
100:2
83:1
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