An even worse idea (VAULT II Stanford Online)
Shahar Schwartz

RoundCategoryOpponentEasyMediumHardTotalParts
1LiteratureJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuThomas Mann(2)✓Buddenbrooks (3)✓Italy(1)✕20EM
1HistoryJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutugold(2)✓Populist Party(3)✕William Jennings Bryan(1)✕10E
1Fine ArtsJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuNapoleon Bonaparte(3)✓Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (2)✓La Grande Odalisque (1)✓30EMH
1ScienceJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutusolvents(2)✓sulfate(3)✓extraction(1)✓30EMH
1ReligionJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutudharma(2)✓Falun Gong(1)✓Qi(3)✕20EM
1HistoryJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuJulius Caesar(3)✓tribunes(2)✕Secession of the Plebs(1)✓20EH
1ScienceJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutustaining(1)✓Mycobacterium(3)✓Chlamydia(2)✓30EMH
1Modern WorldJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuJay-Z(1)✕A$AP Rocky(2)✕Destroy Lonely(3)✕0
1LiteratureJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuLatin(3)✓Catullus (2)✓Lesbia(1)✓30EMH
1ScienceJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuAlbert Einstein(1)✓tensors(2)✓geodesics(3)✓30EMH
1ScienceJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batuturegression(1)✓square(2)✓Andrey Andreyevich Markov(3)✓30EMH
1HistoryJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuAlbania(1)✓writing systems(3)✓London(2)✕20EM
1PhilosophyJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuBertrand Russell(3)✓Ludwig Wittgenstein (1)✓rule-following paradox(2)✕20EM
1LiteratureJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuF. Scott Fitzgerald(2)✓Jordan Baker(3)✕Nick Carraway(1)✓20EH
1Fine ArtsJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuG(3)✓flute(2)✓J.S. Bach’s orchestral suites(1)✕20EM
2LiteratureOstia OrcasThe Frogs(3)✓Euripides (2)✓satyr plays(1)✓30EMH
2ScienceOstia Orcascurrent(3)✓loop rule(1)✓curl(2)✕20EM
2Social ScienceOstia Orcasbystander effect(1)✓Good Samaritan laws(3)✓Bibb Latané or John Darley(2)✕20EM
2ScienceOstia Orcasneutrons(2)✓iron(1)✓pressure(3)✕20EM
2ReligionOstia OrcasSaint Augustine of Hippo(1)✓Manichaeism(2)✓elect(3)✕20EM
2LiteratureOstia OrcasHenry David Thoreau(2)✓Walden(1)✓“Economy”(3)✕20EM
2HistoryOstia Orcasthe Black Death(2)✓witch trials(3)✓dancing(1)✓30EMH
2Modern WorldOstia OrcasDMZ(2)✓Lee Jae-myung(1)✕using a balloon(3)✕10E
2HistoryOstia OrcasTheodore Roosevelt(2)✓dams(3)✓Sierra Club(1)✓30EMH
2LiteratureOstia OrcasFranz Kafka(3)✓The Trial(2)✓“Before the Law”(1)✓30EMH
2Fine ArtsOstia OrcasElla Jane Fitzgerald(2)✓Louis Armstrong(3)✓The Threepenny Opera(1)✕20EM
2ScienceOstia Orcaslattices(1)✓Two atoms(3)✕Miller indices(2)✓20EH
2LiteratureOstia OrcasJane Austen(2)✓Dashwood(1)✓Edward Ferrars(3)✕20EM
2HistoryOstia OrcasHatshepsut (2)✓the Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty(3)✕Karnak(1)✕10E
2Fine ArtsOstia OrcasHungary(3)✓Camille Saint-Saëns(2)✓Symphonie espagnole(1)✓30EMH
3Modern WorldVirginia TechAngola(2)✓Malawi(1)✕Walvis Bay(3)✕10E
3HistoryVirginia TechGreat Wall of China(2)✓Marco Polo(1)✓Dominican Order(3)✕20EM
3LiteratureVirginia TechFederico Garcia Lorca(2)✓bullfighter(1)✓ghazal(3)✓30EMH
3ScienceVirginia Technephrons(2)✓diuretics(1)✓diabetes(3)✓30EMH
3Fine ArtsVirginia TechHamilton(2)✓Natasha Rostova(3)✕Phillippa Soo(1)✓20EH
3MythologyVirginia TechHawai’i(3)✓Pele(1)✓lava sledding(2)✓30EMH
3Fine ArtsVirginia TechIgor Stravinsky(2)✓Petrushka(3)✓the finale from The Firebird(1)✕20EM
3ScienceVirginia Techmixing(2)✓exponential function(3)✓chemical reactors(1)✓30EMH
3LiteratureVirginia Techsuicide(3)✓Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (2)✓the Hell Screen(1)✓30EMH
3Fine ArtsVirginia TechJapan(2)✓Edgar Degas(3)✕ukiyo-e(1)✕10E
3ScienceVirginia Techquadratic equation(1)✓Vieta’s formulas(2)✕depressed polynomial(3)✕10E
3ScienceVirginia Techsupernovae(3)✓standard candles(1)✓baryons(2)✕20EM
4MythologyThey fuck you up your buzz and negelephants(2)✓Indra(3)✕the churning of the Ocean of Milk(1)✓20EH
4ScienceThey fuck you up your buzz and negErwin Schrödinger(3)✓wavefunction(1)✓many-worlds interpretation(2)✓30EMH
4PhilosophyThey fuck you up your buzz and negatheism(2)✓David Hume (3)✓the problem of evil(1)✕20EM
4Rohan GaneshanThey fuck you up your buzz and negrespiratory system(2)✓Chordata(3)✓gastrulation(1)✓30EMH
4HistoryThey fuck you up your buzz and negBoston(2)✓Oda Nobunaga(3)✓House of Sforza(1)✓30EMH
4ReligionThey fuck you up your buzz and negAramaic(2)✓Eucharist(1)✓martyrs(3)✕20EM
4Modern WorldThey fuck you up your buzz and negGordon Ramsay(1)✓the lamb sauce(2)✓a purple potato(3)✕20EM
4LiteratureThey fuck you up your buzz and negJohn Milton(3)✓William Wordsworth(2)✓London(1)✕20EM
4ScienceThey fuck you up your buzz and negtetrahedral(3)✓transition states(2)✓chair conformation(1)✓30EMH
4Fine ArtsThey fuck you up your buzz and negCharlie Chaplin(1)✓Battleship Potemkin(2)✓F. W. Murnau(3)✕20EM
4HistoryThey fuck you up your buzz and negStockholm(3)✓Central Intelligence Agency(2)✓the assassination of Olof Palme(1)✓30EMH
4LiteratureThey fuck you up your buzz and negErnest Hemingway(3)✓Santiago(1)✓arm-wrestling(2)✕20EM
5HistoryMountain Dew is BetterAshoka the Great(2)✓rock edicts of Ashoka(3)✕Grand Trunk Road(1)✕10E
5LiteratureMountain Dew is BetterLi Bai(2)✓wine(1)✓Elemental Odes(3)✕20EM
5ScienceMountain Dew is Betterglass(1)✓ethers(3)✓click chemistry.(2)✓30EMH
5HistoryMountain Dew is Bettermercenaries(3)✓Battle of Pavia(2)✕Francis I of France(1)✕10E
5HistoryMountain Dew is BetterGhana(2)✓salt(1)✓Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe(3)✕20EM
5PhilosophyMountain Dew is BetterAristotle of Stagira(2)✓Avicenna(1)✓The Incoherence of the Philosophers(3)✓30EMH
5ScienceMountain Dew is Bettermineral hardness(1)✓cleavage(2)✓sclerometers(3)✕20EM
5LiteratureMountain Dew is BetterTurkey(2)✓castles(3)✓the Museum of Innocence(1)✓30EMH
5HistoryMountain Dew is BetterQuakers(2)✓Seneca(3)✓the Public Universal Friend(1)✕20EM
6HistoryNot Just Bikingwomen’s suffrage(2)✓New Zealand(3)✓force feeding(1)✓30EMH
6LiteratureNot Just BikingSouth Africa(2)✓Nadine Gordimer(1)✓“Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black”(3)✓30EMH
6Social ScienceNot Just BikingJohn Maynard Keynes(3)✕income(1)✕econometrics(2)✓10H
6LiteratureNot Just BikingWallace Stevens(3)✓Sunday Morning(2)✓Ten O’Clock(1)✕20EM
6MythologyNot Just BikingIran(1)✓Shahnameh(2)✓Rostam(3)✓30EMH
6LiteratureNot Just BikingItaly(2)✓guns or pistols(3)✓Accidental Death of an Anarchist(1)✓30EMH
6Fine ArtsNot Just Bikingsteel(1)✓Guernica(2)✓Seagram Murals(3)✓30EMH
7Fine ArtsBooz Allen InternsHindi(2)✓Khan(3)✓Lagaan(1)✕20EM
7ScienceBooz Allen Internsdiffusion(3)✓nuclear envelope(1)✓importins(2)✓30EMH
7LiteratureBooz Allen Internsthe Great Depression(2)✓August Wilson(3)✓Lefty Costello(1)✓30EMH
7Fine ArtsBooz Allen Internspiano concertos(1)✓Aram Khachaturian(3)✓Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District(2)✓30EMH
7HistoryBooz Allen Internsmosque(2)✓Selim(3)✓Roxelana(1)✕20EM
7Fine ArtsBooz Allen InternsAndrew Wyeth(2)✓Christina’s World(1)✓winter(3)✕20EM
7HistoryBooz Allen InternsHuguenots(3)✓Henry IV(2)✓Catherine de’ Medici(1)✕20EM
8Fine ArtsThe Young JitsWorld Trade Center(3)✓Denver(2)✓Las Vegas(1)✓30EMH
8ScienceThe Young Jitscyanide(2)✓nitrate(1)✓azide(3)✕20EM
8MythologyThe Young Jitstrees(3)✓Baba Yaga(1)✓Koschei the Deathless(2)✓30EMH
8Fine ArtsThe Young Jitsarias(3)✓Domenico Scarlatti(2)✓cats(1)✓30EMH
8Fine ArtsThe Young JitsGustav Klimt(2)✓frieze(3)✓Adele Bloch-Bauer(1)✓30EMH
8HistoryThe Young Jitsthe Walt Disney Company(1)✓Singapore(2)✓Euro(3)✕20EM
8LiteratureThe Young JitsShakespearean fools(1)✓Twelfth Night(2)✓Touchstone(3)✕20EM
8HistoryThe Young Jitsparliaments(3)✓Iceland(1)✓Christian X(2)✓30EMH
9Fine ArtsArmand duplantis fan clubFiddler on the Roof(1)✓Irving Berlin(3)✓Jerome Robbins(2)✕20EM
9HistoryArmand duplantis fan clubJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy(3)✓Fall of the Berlin Wall(1)✓E. Allan Lightner Jr.(2)✕20EM
9HistoryArmand duplantis fan clubAugustus(3)✕Vestal Virgins(2)✓Elagabalus(1)✕10M
9LiteratureArmand duplantis fan clubLouisa May Alcott(2)✓Jo March(1)✕scrivener(3)✕10E
9HistoryArmand duplantis fan clubFederalist Party(2)✓Daniel Webster(3)✕Hartford Convention(1)✕10E
9ScienceArmand duplantis fan club2𝜋(1)✓Euler's identity(2)✓roots of unity(3)✕20EM
9Social ScienceArmand duplantis fan clubemotions(3)✓human faces(1)✓hats(2)✓30EMH
9HistoryArmand duplantis fan clubSimon Bolívar(2)✓earthquake(3)✓Francisco de Miranda(1)✕20EM
9Fine ArtsArmand duplantis fan clubmass (2)✓Antonio Salieri (3)✓Vienna(1)✕20EM
9ScienceArmand duplantis fan clubJohannes Kepler(2)✓orbital eccentricity(1)✓Hohmann transfer(3)✕20EM
10HistoryPC Chris Master RaceAlaska(2)✓Teapot Dome scandal(3)✓death of Warren G. Harding(1)✕20EM
10Fine ArtsPC Chris Master RacePoland(3)✓codas(2)✕Frédéric Chopin’s ballades(1)✕10E
10Modern WorldPC Chris Master RaceFormula One(1)✓Charles Leclerc(2)✕Mercedes(3)✕10E
10LiteraturePC Chris Master RaceSylvia Plath(2)✓Ariel(3)✓Ted Hughes(1)✓30EMH
10SciencePC Chris Master RaceHydrogen atom(1)✓Balmer series(2)✓spherical harmonics(3)✓30EMH
10SciencePC Chris Master Racepentagons(1)✓Hero of Alexandria(2)✓cyclic quadrilaterals(3)✕20EM
10HistoryPC Chris Master RaceBritish East India Company(3)✓Aurangzeb(2)✕Shivājī I (1)✕10E
10Fine ArtsPC Chris Master RaceBillie Holiday(1)✓Charles Mingus Jr.(2)✓Count Basie(3)✓30EMH
10SciencePC Chris Master Raceseismic(1)✕Mohorovičić discontinuity(2)✓bulk modulus(3)✓20MH
10Fine ArtsPC Chris Master Racebronze(2)✓the Tate Galleries(3)✓Barbara Hepworth(1)✕20EM
10ReligionPC Chris Master RacePassover(2)✓four(1)✓afikomen(3)✓30EMH
10HistoryPC Chris Master RaceSwitzerland(2)✓Duchy of Savoy(3)✕Geneva(1)✕10E
11HistoryHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?19th century(1)✓Great Leap Forward(3)✕Philip II of Spain(2)✕10E
11Social ScienceHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?supply(2)✕Thorstein Veblen(1)✓lipstick effect(3)✕10M
11LiteratureHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?Boris Pasternak(2)✓Doctor Zhivago(1)✓life(3)✓30EMH
11Fine ArtsHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?Franz Schubert(1)✓Death (3)✓swans(2)✓30EMH
11ScienceHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?ground(2)✓decibels(3)✕operational amplifiers(1)✕10E
11LiteratureHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?Alice(3)✓Sean O’Casey(2)✓Noël Coward(1)✓30EMH
11Current EventsHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?Meta(3)✓Peter Thiel(1)✓Y Combinator(2)✕20EM
11HistoryHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?Ellis Island(1)✕Quotas(3)✕Galveston, Texas(2)✕0
11LiteratureHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?Sweden(3)✓Pippi Longstocking(2)✓The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(1)✓30EMH
11Fine ArtsHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?Futurism(1)✓Winged Victory of Samothrace(2)✕triptychs(3)✕10E
11HistoryHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?Richard Nixon(3)✓Dèng Xiǎopíng(2)✕Special Economic Zones(1)✕10E
11Fine ArtsHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?the Vietnam War(3)✓Robert Smithson (2)✕Utah (1)✕10E
11LiteratureHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?A Streetcar Named Desire(2)✓Mexico(3)✓"The Catastrophe of Success"(1)✕20EM
11MythologyHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?China(2)✓Yellow Emperor(1)✓Yu the Great(3)✓30EMH
11ScienceHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?DNA sequencing(2)✕phosphorus(3)✓Frederick Sanger(1)✓20MH