Packet 7: Bonus 10
In the opening of a play, Harry Fatt and Joe argue over the reason for this character’s sudden disappearance. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this character. Agate leads a group of taxi drivers to chant the word “strike!” after this character is found dead with a bullet in his head at the end of a Clifford Odets play.
ANSWER: Lefty Costello [accept either underlined portion; accept Waiting for Lefty]
[10e] The taxi drivers strike in Waiting for Lefty occurs during this economic downturn in 1930s America, which also provides the setting of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath.
ANSWER: the Great Depression
[10m] This author wrote about a company of unlicensed cab drivers run by Jim Becker in his play Jitney. In another play by this author, Gabriel escapes a mental asylum and tries to blow a trumpet during his brother’s funeral.
ANSWER: August Wilson [or Frederick August Kittel Jr.]
<Literature - American, Daniel Merida> | VAULT II Packet 07
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 20.00 | 100% | 61% | 39% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An even worse idea | Booz Allen Interns | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Armand duplantis fan club | Ted Offensive | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Belmont A | Waltham A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Birmingham B | Southampton | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge | Southperial | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chimera | Sheffield B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Edinburgh | Manchester B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia C | California | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Hoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish? | I have no buzzer and I must neg | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Lexington B | Mansfield A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Mansfield B | Belmont B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| New York | Georgia A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| North Carolina | Kentucky | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Not Just Biking | Mountain Dew is Better | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Ostia Orcas | Jeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Oxford | Birmingham A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Sheffield A | Manchester A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Texas A | Washington | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Texas B | Georgia B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| The Young Jits | Michael Touse-Squid | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| They'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days | PC Chris Master Race | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Virginia Tech | They fuck you up your buzz and neg | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Warperial | Bath | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✕ | 6 | 25.00 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✕ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✕ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✕ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✕ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 28.75 | 100% | 100% | 88% |