2025 VAULT II - Buzzpoints

Darren Kellis
Ostia Orcas

Round	Packet	#	Category	Answer	Buzzpoint	Value	First	Top 3	Rank	Rebound
1	1	2	Science	oceanic pH	93	10			4	✓
1	1	4	Literature	*Gravity’s Rainbow*	70	10			4
1	1	5	Fine Arts	Sergei Rachmaninoff	67	-5
1	1	8	Literature	*Water Margin*	68	-5
1	1	9	History	Kingdom of Poland	50	15			9
1	1	10	Modern World	Claudia Sheinbaum	72	10			8
1	1	13	Science	transfer RNA	48	-5
1	1	16	Fine Arts	Grant Wood	73	10			10
1	1	17	Literature	If on a winter's night a traveler	94	10			14
1	1	18	Science	critical	82	10			12
1	1	19	History	*Brown* v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas	46	15			5
2	2	2	History	Barbary pirates	67	10			8	✓
2	2	3	Modern World	North Carolina	57	10			10
2	2	6	Literature	Harry Haller	105	10			17	✓
2	2	11	Science	conservation of angular momentum	54	-5
2	2	12	History	playing chess	50	15			10
2	2	13	Religion	Eve	35	-5
2	2	18	Science	hydrogen ions	52	15	✓	✓	1	✓
3	3	8	Religion	sutras	49	15			5
3	3	13	Literature	Joad family	39	-5
3	3	15	Current Events	music concerts	84	10			9
3	3	16	Science	aluminum	90	10			18	✓
3	3	20	Literature	*Duino Elegies*	37	15		✓	2
4	4	1	History	Holy Bibles	55	10			8
4	4	5	Fine Arts	video game soundtracks	111	10			4	✓
4	4	6	Science	tidal force	49	-5
4	4	10	Religion	Santería	14	-5
4	4	11	Literature	Havana	31	-5
4	4	14	Mythology	rivers	50	15			4
4	4	16	History	2001	44	15			6
4	4	19	Fine Arts	New York City	40	15		✓	3
5	5	1	Literature	William Cullen Bryant	24	-5
5	5	2	History	Republic of Texas	35	-5
5	5	6	Literature	Hedda Gabler	73	-5
5	5	9	Fine Arts	human skulls	59	15			7
5	5	11	Literature	being old	81	-5
5	5	12	History	nurse	59	10			10
5	5	16	Literature	*Gitanjali*	68	15			9
5	5	19	Fine Arts	Paris, France	26	-5
5	5	20	Science	spheres	30	-5
6	6	1	History	House of Wisdom	69	10			7
6	6	3	Fine Arts	*Cats*	74	10			9
6	6	4	Mythology	Troy	59	-5
6	6	6	Current Events	2025 New York City Mayoral election	46	-5
6	6	7	Philosophy	Søren Kierkegaard	84	10			13
6	6	8	Literature	John Proctor	28	15		✓	3
6	6	9	Fine Arts	Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood	61	15			10
6	6	10	Science	eyes	42	15			10
6	6	11	Fine Arts	preludes	90	10			13
6	6	13	Religion	colored powder	63	10			12
6	6	14	Literature	“The Monkey’s Paw”	47	15			9
6	6	16	History	Kyiv	117	10			25	✓
6	6	17	Literature	Kenzaburō Ōe	53	-5
6	6	19	History	Dwight D. Eisenhower	61	-5
7	7	1	Science	hydrogen peroxide	95	10			16
7	7	3	History	1930s	57	10			18
7	7	4	Fine Arts	piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven	65	-5
7	7	5	Modern World	“Golden”	90	10			5
7	7	7	Science	capacitors	38	-5
7	7	9	Literature	the Little Prince	55	15			15
7	7	10	Fine Arts	crucifixion	101	10			13
7	7	11	Literature	bars	39	15		✓	3
7	7	12	Science	Pi bonds	35	-5
7	7	14	Science	natural logarithm	49	-5
7	7	15	History	Mississippi River	59	10			7
7	7	17	Religion	Day of the Dead	54	10			13
7	7	18	History	Caucasus Mountains	52	15			12
7	7	19	Fine Arts	scientist	71	10			6
7	7	20	Literature	China	78	10			15
8	8	3	Philosophy	Epicurus	117	0
8	8	4	Fine Arts	fountains	119	10			10
8	8	5	Literature	Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire	34	15			5
8	8	6	Modern World	Xīnjiāng	43	-5
8	8	8	History	Harold	116	10			22	✓
8	8	9	Literature	du Maurier	58	15			7
8	8	14	Science	hydrophobicity	56	10			10
8	8	15	Science	skewness	78	10			13	✓
8	8	16	Mythology	Huitzilopochtli	83	-5
8	8	18	History	Benito Juárez	33	-5
8	8	20	Science	spin angular momentum	53	-5
9	9	2	History	Chicago	67	10			13
9	9	3	Science	integer factorization	55	10			5
9	9	5	Science	superconductivity	19	15		✓	2
9	9	8	Current Events	Reform UK	32	15			8
9	9	9	History	Shah	19	-5
9	9	12	Science	neutrinos	66	10			14
9	9	13	Religion	Kaaba	55	15			15
9	9	14	History	automobiles	84	-5
9	9	16	Science	methyl	79	10			18
10	10	3	Science	linear velocity	95	10			16	✓
10	10	4	History	Portugal	87	10			18
10	10	5	Religion	Dào Dé Jīng	45	-5
10	10	6	History	agōgē	75	10			4
10	10	7	Fine Arts	scrolls	103	0
10	10	8	Mythology	Perseus	53	10			9
10	10	9	Literature	Spanish Civil War	84	10			14
10	10	10	Science	flagella	72	10			8
10	10	12	Literature	Edwin Arlington Robinson	106	10			14
10	10	13	History	banks	46	15			8
10	10	14	Geography	Mount Kilimanjaro	59	15			10
10	10	15	Science	hydrolysis	65	-5
10	10	16	Literature	Aeschylus	39	15		✓	3
10	10	17	History	Chinese-Australians	106	10			13	✓
10	10	19	Science	fluorescence	94	10			14
10	10	20	Fine Arts	string quartets by Franz Josef Haydn	72	15			5
11	11	3	Literature	France	41	15			6
11	11	4	Science	substitution	48	-5
11	11	9	Science	glycogen	97	10			9	✓
11	11	10	Literature	Tim O’Brien	113	0
11	11	12	Fine Arts	African-Americans	50	15			6
11	11	13	Literature	Alan Paton	79	10			10
11	11	14	History	American Revolution	66	10			11	✓
11	11	15	Science	light emission	66	10			9
11	11	17	Science	Edwin Hubble	76	10			18	✓
11	11	19	Religion	Book of Revelation	52	-5

Darren KellisOstia Orcas

Darren Kellis
Ostia Orcas