2025 VAULT II - Buzzpoints

Pen Hughes
Edinburgh

Round	Packet	#	Category	Answer	Buzzpoint	Value	First	Top 3	Rank	Rebound
1	1	5	Fine Arts	Sergei Rachmaninoff	77	10			12
1	1	6	Science - Math	sets	56	10			16
1	1	7	Science	Sir William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin	94	10			23
1	1	8	Literature	*Water Margin*	126	0
1	1	10	Modern World	Claudia Sheinbaum	100	10			18	✓
1	1	14	Fine Arts	The *Marriage of Figaro*	106	-5
1	1	15	Mythology	Duat	86	10			16
1	1	18	Science	critical	100	0
1	1	20	Religion	Smith	92	10			22
2	2	1	Science	beetles	113	10			5	✓
2	2	3	Modern World	North Carolina	96	10			21
2	2	4	Fine Arts	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	82	10			14
2	2	7	History	Congo	105	10			22
2	2	8	Fine Arts	the Empire State Building	78	10			19
2	2	9	Mythology	Baldr	93	10			16
2	2	14	Fine Arts	Delft	117	0
2	2	17	Philosophy	love	69	10			21
2	2	19	Science	p-value	68	10			11
3	3	1	Fine Arts	bows	55	15	✓	✓	1
3	3	9	Science	viscosity	77	10			15
3	3	10	Fine Arts	cave paintings	63	10			18
3	3	12	Philosophy	pragmatism	107	10			21
3	3	13	Literature	Joad family	113	0
3	3	14	History	Draco	59	15			10
4	4	2	Modern World	Jamaica	71	10			12
4	4	4	Science	collisions	64	10			16
4	4	5	Fine Arts	video game soundtracks	76	10			10
4	4	7	Literature	A *Raisin in the Sun*	121	0
4	4	8	History	Ethiopia AND Italy	130	10			22	✓
4	4	9	Science	David Hilbert	59	10			11
4	4	10	Religion	Santería	108	0
4	4	13	Fine Arts	Scotland	54	10			6
4	4	14	Mythology	rivers	86	10			8
4	4	15	Science	frequency	69	10			15
4	4	18	Science	genetic linkage	93	-5
5	5	1	Literature	William Cullen Bryant	110	0
5	5	6	Literature	Hedda Gabler	104	10			18
5	5	8	Science	gel electrophoresis	101	0
5	5	11	Literature	being old	119	10			19
5	5	12	History	nurse	63	10			12
5	5	13	Science	endocytosis	97	10			11
5	5	16	Literature	*Gitanjali*	114	0
5	5	17	History	astronomy	113	10			20	✓
5	5	19	Fine Arts	Paris, France	100	10			21
6	6	3	Fine Arts	*Cats*	75	10			10
6	6	6	Current Events	2025 New York City Mayoral election	60	10			16
6	6	11	Fine Arts	preludes	45	15	✓	✓	1
6	6	12	Science	polymers	72	10			19
6	6	15	History	pirates	33	15			4
6	6	17	Literature	Kenzaburō Ōe	109	10			18
6	6	18	Science	the square root of two is irrational	58	15		✓	3
6	6	20	Science	oscillation	85	10			11
7	7	1	Science	hydrogen peroxide	95	-5
7	7	10	Fine Arts	crucifixion	126	10			21
7	7	12	Science	Pi bonds	86	10			17
7	7	13	Social Science	Jane Goodall	108	10			24
7	7	14	Science	natural logarithm	39	15			6
7	7	15	History	Mississippi River	105	10			20
7	7	18	History	Caucasus Mountains	62	15			18
7	7	20	Literature	China	102	10			21
8	8	3	Philosophy	Epicurus	63	15			4
8	8	4	Fine Arts	fountains	113	-5
8	8	5	Literature	Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire	104	-5
8	8	10	Religion	*ahimsa*	78	-5
8	8	11	History	Charles Lindbergh	104	10			30	✓
8	8	13	Literature	The *God of Small Things*	112	10			20
8	8	16	Mythology	Huitzilopochtli	119	-5
8	8	17	Fine Arts	fugue	75	10			13
8	8	18	History	Benito Juárez	100	0
9	9	1	Philosophy	Friedrich Nietzsche	59	10	✓	✓	1
9	9	3	Science	integer factorization	61	-5
9	9	6	Science	Ernest Rutherford	56	10			12
9	9	7	Literature	French	113	10			19	✓
9	9	8	Current Events	Reform UK	8	15		✓	3
9	9	10	Fine Arts	Robert Schumann	110	10			19
9	9	12	Science	neutrinos	49	15			8
9	9	17	Literature	Lillian Hellman	121	0
10	10	8	Mythology	Perseus	114	10			17
10	10	12	Literature	Edwin Arlington Robinson	116	0
10	10	14	Geography	Mount Kilimanjaro	85	10			17
10	10	18	Social Science	consonants	30	-5
10	10	19	Science	fluorescence	102	10			18
10	10	20	Fine Arts	string quartets by Franz Josef Haydn	73	-5

Pen HughesEdinburgh

Pen Hughes
Edinburgh