Packet 13: Bonus 12
This man dubbed Herodotus the “Father of Lies” in a work on his “malice.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this part-time priest at the Temple of Delphi who compiled 78 essays in his Moralia.
ANSWER: Plutarch [or Ploútarchos; or Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus]
[10e] Plutarch attacked Herodotus for portraying the Boeotians and Corinthians as hostile during an invasion by this empire. Herodotus claimed that gold digging ants were taken from India to the palaces of Xerxes I (“ZERK-seez”) and Darius the Great in this empire.
ANSWER: Persian Empire [or Persia or the First Persian Empire; accept the Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire]
[10m] While claiming Babylon had a 50 meter tall mud wall, Herodotus described rows provided for these objects. Persian “scythed” types of these objects were defeated at Gaugamela.
ANSWER: chariots [accept scythed chariot]
<History - Ancient, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 13 (Finals 1)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 57% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance | Midnight Bus to Vista | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Lexington A | Belmont A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Mansfield A | Lexington B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Not Just Biking | Armand duplantis fan club | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Sheffield A | Manchester A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Waltham A | Belmont B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Waltham B | Mansfield B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |