2025 VAULT II - Buzzpoints

Round	Packet	#	Category	Answer	Buzzpoint	Value	Top 3	Rank	Rebound
1	1	4	Literature	*Gravity’s Rainbow*	65	15	✓	2
2	2	6	Literature	Harry Haller	88	-5
2	2	8	Fine Arts	the Empire State Building	57	10		11
2	2	12	History	playing chess	102	10		21	✓
2	2	14	Fine Arts	Delft	66	-5
2	2	15	Literature	Cormac McCarthy	91	10		22
2	2	20	Literature	Farsi	69	10		9
3	3	2	Literature	the Library of Babel	56	15		10
3	3	4	Science	batteries	53	15		8
3	3	7	Literature	Percy Shelley	59	10		7
3	3	16	Science	aluminum	89	10		17
3	3	20	Literature	*Duino Elegies*	105	10		16
4	4	6	Science	tidal force	109	10		24	✓
4	4	7	Literature	A *Raisin in the Sun*	39	15		6
4	4	9	Science	David Hilbert	95	10		20	✓
4	4	11	Literature	Havana	104	10		25
4	4	17	Literature	Karel Čapek	113	10		23	✓
4	4	18	Science	genetic linkage	108	0
5	5	1	Literature	William Cullen Bryant	75	10		11
5	5	6	Literature	Hedda Gabler	50	15	✓	2
5	5	11	Literature	being old	106	10		14
5	5	15	Mythology	Sun Wukong	24	15		8
6	6	12	Science	polymers	61	10		13
6	6	14	Literature	“The Monkey’s Paw”	75	10		19
6	6	17	Literature	Kenzaburō Ōe	59	15		7
7	7	2	Literature	Ernest	119	10		29	✓
7	7	16	Science	plant germination	101	10		24	✓
8	8	5	Literature	Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire	34	15		5
8	8	13	Literature	The *God of Small Things*	44	15		6
8	8	19	Literature	The *Seagull*	77	10		12
9	9	3	Science	integer factorization	74	-5
9	9	4	Literature	Old English	30	15		6
9	9	11	Literature	The *Tin Drum*	72	10		8
9	9	17	Literature	Lillian Hellman	121	10		14