Packet 4: Bonus 2
Dead trees marked with a “left foot” and “peg foot” served as a companion to this entity in a folk song titled for it. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this entity often used as a point of reference for people dubbed “cargo.” Peg Leg Joe advised escapees to “follow” this entity “when the sun comes back, and the first quail calls.”
ANSWER: Big Dipper [accept Drinking Gourd; accept Follow the Drinking Gourd]
[10e] The advice to “Follow the Drinking Gourd” was given to participants in this system. Harriet Tubman was a “Conductor” on this system that helped escaped slaves reach freedom.
ANSWER: Underground Railroad
[10m] Slaves using the Underground Railroad were targeted by a Fugitive Slave Act passed in this year. California was admitted as a free state as part of a law passed in this year.
ANSWER: 1850 [accept Fugitive Slave Act of 1850; accept Compromise of 1850]
<History - American, Khang Le> | VAULT II Packet 04
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 18.84 | 100% | 74% | 14% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 80% | 40% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |