Foucault’s Pendulum - 2025 VAULT II

Packet 7: Bonus 18

A program that rearranges text at random is the center of a plan to steal this object. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this object that is the center of a series of conspiracy theories created by the computer Abulafia called “The Plan.” The Knights Templar use this object to study “telluric currents.”

ANSWER: Foucault’s Pendulum [accept Il Pendolo di Foucault]

[10e] The central mystery of this novel centers around theories regarding Aristotle’s lost tract on comedy. The blind monk Jorge of Burgos burns down a library in this novel.

ANSWER: The Name of the Rose [or Il nome della rosa]

[10h] The novels Foucault’s Pendulum and The Name of the Rose were written by this Italian author.

ANSWER: Umberto Eco

<Literature - European, Charan Shreekumar> | VAULT II Packet 07

Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
42	18.57	62%	33%	91%

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Conversion

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

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech	2026-01-24	✓	6	23.33	83%	50%	100%
Triangle Cup	2026-03-13	✓	3	10.00	33%	33%	33%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS	2026-03-13	✓	3	16.67	33%	33%	100%
VAULT II at McGill	2026-03-13	✓	4	10.00	25%	0%	75%
VAULT II at UCSB	2026-03-13	✓	4	20.00	75%	50%	75%
VAULT II Northern UK	2026-04-24	✓	3	16.67	67%	0%	100%
VAULT II Southern UK	2026-04-24	✓	4	15.00	50%	0%	100%
VAULT II at Harvard	2026-04-30	✓	3	20.00	67%	33%	100%
VAULT II at MINT	2026-06-19	✓	4	22.50	75%	50%	100%
VAULT II Stanford Online	2026-07-17	✓	8	22.50	75%	50%	100%