cats - 2025 VAULT II

Packet 8: Bonus 8

A piece inspired by one of these animals begins with the ascending melody “G, B-flat, E-flat, F-sharp.” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name these animals that title the last of one composer’s 30 Essercizi. The main theme of a G minor piece for harpsichord was inspired by one of these animals named Pulcinella.

ANSWER: cats [accept Cat Fugue]

[10m] The aforementioned Cat Fugue is one of 555 keyboard sonatas written by this composer.

ANSWER: Domenico Scarlatti

[10e] Scarlatti’s father Alessandro helped develop the da capo form of these pieces. These solo pieces are performed by vocalists in operas.

ANSWER: arias [accept da capo arias]

<Fine Arts - Auditory, Khang Le> | VAULT II Packet 08

Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
41	18.54	85%	54%	46%

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Conversion

Team	Opponent	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Total	Parts
Abbey Park	Northern	0	0	10	10	E
An even worse idea	The Young Jits	10	10	10	30	HME
Armand duplantis fan club	Mountain Dew is Better	10	10	10	30	HME
Basileus II: Electric Boogaloo	With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience	10	0	10	20	HE
Belmont A	Waltham B	10	10	10	30	HME
Burlington Trojans	Glebe	0	0	0	0
California	Georgia A	0	10	10	20	ME
Cambridge	Birmingham B	10	10	10	30	HME
Cary Academy	East Chapel Hill	0	0	0	0
Chattahoochee B	Northview B	0	0	0	0
Exhibition	Hoover	10	10	10	30	HME
Georgia B	North Carolina	0	0	10	10	E
Georgia C	Texas A	0	0	10	10	E
Innovation A	Midtown	0	10	10	20	ME
Innovation B	Lambert B	0	0	0	0
Johns Creek	Northview A	0	10	10	20	ME
Lambert A	Chattahoochee A	10	10	10	30	HME
Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance	Albanian Rift in the Sky	10	10	10	30	HME
Lexington A	Lexington B	10	10	10	30	HME
Manchester A	Chimera	0	0	10	10	E
Manchester B	Sheffield A	0	0	10	10	E
Martingrove	Bella Vista	0	10	0	10	M
Minnetonka A	Eden Prairie	10	10	10	30	HME
Not Just Biking	Hoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?	10	10	10	30	HME
Ostia Orcas	Michael Touse-Squid	10	10	10	30	HME
PC Chris Master Race	Booz Allen Interns	10	10	10	30	HME
Prat Pack	Always Set the Kurve	10	0	10	20	HE
Providence	Burnsville	10	10	10	30	HME
Renert	Cheese Sandwich	0	10	10	20	ME
Sheffield B	Edinburgh	0	0	10	10	E
Southampton	Bath	10	0	10	20	HE
Southperial	Birmingham A	0	0	10	10	E
Taman's Nepo Babies	Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family	10	10	10	30	HME
Tantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae	Chapel Hill A	0	0	0	0
Ted Offensive	Jeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu	10	10	10	30	HME
Texas B	New York	0	0	10	10	E
They fuck you up your buzz and neg	I have no buzzer and I must neg	0	0	10	10	E
They'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days	Virginia Tech	10	10	10	30	HME
Waltham A	Belmont B	0	0	10	10	E
Warperial	Oxford	0	10	10	20	ME
Washington	Kentucky	0	0	10	10	E

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech	2026-01-24	✓	6	16.67	67%	67%	33%
Triangle Cup	2026-03-13	✓	2	0.00	0%	0%	0%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS	2026-03-13	✓	2	30.00	100%	100%	100%
VAULT II at McGill	2026-03-13	✓	4	10.00	50%	50%	0%
VAULT II at UCSB	2026-03-13	✓	4	25.00	100%	50%	100%
VAULT II Northern UK	2026-04-24	✓	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
VAULT II Southern UK	2026-04-24	✓	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
VAULT II at Harvard	2026-04-30	✓	3	23.33	100%	67%	67%
VAULT II at MINT	2026-06-19	✓	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
VAULT II Stanford Online	2026-07-17	✓	8	27.50	100%	88%	88%