2025 VAULT II - Buzzpoints

Ilyas Choukri
Virginia Tech

Round	Packet	#	Category	Answer	Buzzpoint	Value	First	Top 3	Rank	Rebound
1	1	3	Social Science	psychotherapy	79	10			15	✓
1	1	10	Modern World	Claudia Sheinbaum	52	10		✓	3
1	1	13	Science	transfer RNA	33	15		✓	3
1	1	19	History	*Brown* v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas	46	15			5
1	1	20	Religion	Smith	63	15			12
2	2	1	Science	beetles	47	15			6
2	2	2	History	Barbary pirates	12	-5
2	2	10	Science	uranium	13	-5
2	2	18	Science	hydrogen ions	54	15		✓	2
2	2	19	Science	p-value	65	15			9
2	2	20	Literature	Farsi	27	15		✓	2
3	3	4	Science	batteries	79	10			14	✓
3	3	5	History	the railroad industry	45	15			4
3	3	6	History	Nikita Khrushchev	108	10			21	✓
3	3	11	Science	asthma	64	-5
3	3	12	Philosophy	pragmatism	109	10			23	✓
3	3	13	Literature	Joad family	113	10			24	✓
3	3	18	History	France	76	10			15
4	4	4	Science	collisions	52	15			11	✓
4	4	5	Fine Arts	video game soundtracks	111	10			4
4	4	7	Literature	A *Raisin in the Sun*	37	15			5
4	4	10	Religion	Santería	67	10			15	✓
4	4	16	History	2001	33	15		✓	3
4	4	18	Science	genetic linkage	74	-5
4	4	20	Social Science	social class	103	10			16	✓
5	5	1	Literature	William Cullen Bryant	106	10			14	✓
5	5	2	History	Republic of Texas	68	10			11	✓
5	5	5	Religion	synagogues	23	15			4
5	5	6	Literature	Hedda Gabler	103	10			10	✓
5	5	7	History	Ming dynasty	97	10			25	✓
5	5	8	Science	gel electrophoresis	20	15		✓	3
5	5	10	Social Science	birthright citizenship	82	10			14
5	5	11	Literature	being old	122	10			22	✓
5	5	13	Science	endocytosis	68	10		✓	2
5	5	18	Science	carbon monoxide	31	15			4
6	6	1	History	House of Wisdom	62	15			5
6	6	3	Fine Arts	*Cats*	103	10			16
6	6	4	Mythology	Troy	130	10			28	✓
6	6	7	Philosophy	Søren Kierkegaard	105	10			21
6	6	10	Science	eyes	51	15			16
6	6	12	Science	polymers	18	15		✓	2
6	6	13	Religion	colored powder	46	15			6
6	6	14	Literature	“The Monkey’s Paw”	56	10			13
6	6	19	History	Dwight D. Eisenhower	24	15	✓	✓	1
7	7	1	Science	hydrogen peroxide	42	15			5
7	7	9	Literature	the Little Prince	49	15			10
7	7	10	Fine Arts	crucifixion	126	10			21	✓
7	7	11	Literature	bars	74	10			9
7	7	12	Science	Pi bonds	23	15		✓	2
7	7	13	Social Science	Jane Goodall	71	10			7
7	7	16	Science	plant germination	24	15			5
7	7	17	Religion	Day of the Dead	47	15			10
8	8	5	Literature	Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire	34	15			5
8	8	7	Science	sine	89	10			16
8	8	10	Religion	*ahimsa*	31	15	✓	✓	1
8	8	14	Science	hydrophobicity	29	15		✓	3
9	9	2	History	Chicago	34	-5
9	9	7	Literature	Mexican Revolution	30	15		✓	2
9	9	9	History	Shah	33	15		✓	3
9	9	13	Religion	Kaaba	44	15			13
9	9	15	Fine Arts	American soldiers	63	10			12
9	9	16	Science	methyl	25	15			6
9	9	17	Literature	Lillian Hellman	43	-5
9	9	19	Mythology	*Rāmāyan*a	120	10			21	✓
9	9	20	Fine Arts	India	100	10			14
10	10	5	Religion	Dào Dé Jīng	42	-5
10	10	9	Literature	Spanish Civil War	91	10			17
10	10	10	Science	flagella	14	-5
10	10	13	History	banks	42	15			5
10	10	15	Science	hydrolysis	79	10			7	✓
10	10	16	Literature	Aeschylus	106	0
10	10	17	History	Chinese-Australians	54	15			8
10	10	18	Social Science	consonants	109	10			8	✓
10	10	19	Science	fluorescence	63	10			11
11	11	2	Science	magnesium	12	15	✓	✓	1
11	11	9	Science	glycogen	45	15			4
11	11	16	Modern World	Brazil AND Germany	104	10			7	✓
11	11	18	History	Nile River	81	10			8

Ilyas ChoukriVirginia Tech

Ilyas Choukri
Virginia Tech