Physics contest questions

[Werg22]

Is there any book with questions that would typically appear on a physics contest? I'm talking about high school physics here.

 

[robphy]

Flying Circus of Physics by Walker
http://www.flyingcircusofphysics.com/

Thinking Physics by Epstein
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0935218084/?tag=pfamazon01-20

 

[Werg22]

Are those hand waving questions or is there a good portion of calculations?

 

[robphy]

I would describe these questions and answers as handwaving.

I'm not sure what is "typical" in a "high-school physics" contest.

Here are "Physics Olympiad Screening Exams" from AAPT
http://www.compadre.org/psrc/items/detail.cfm?ID=390

Here's stuff from the "37th International Physics Olympiad"
http://www.ipho2006.org/index.php?option=com_static&task=problems&Itemid=43

 

[Werg22]

robphy, here is a sample of the kind of questions I'm looking for:

http://sin.uwaterloo.ca/pdfs/problemset.pdf" [Broken]

the Olympiads might be to intensive for the level I'm looking for but I'll look into it.