Packet 10: Tossup 6

Description acceptable. Desire to utilize this system was used as the pretext for a 272 BC siege by Pyrrhus of Epirus. Participants in this system were organized into agélai (15[1])that were run by (15[1])eirēn. (15[1]-5[2])Membership in a syssítion (“suh-SIT-tee-un”) dining hall was granted upon the completion of this system. (15[4])The Eurypontids and (-5[1])Agiads (15[1])were exempted from this system, (15[3])which moved (15[1])top performers to the krypteia (15[1])(“krip-TAI-uh”), where they would (*) terrorize helots (10[2])(“HELL-uts”). Lycurgus (10[1])(“lye-KER-giss”) created (-5[1])this system that boys entered at age seven. (10[4]-5[1])300 graduates of this system died with Leonidas (-5[1])at the Battle (10[1]-5[1])of (-5[1])Thermopylae (“thur-MAH-puh-lee”). For 10 points, name or describe (10[1])this system of military (10[1])training in a Greek city-state. ■END■ (10[3]0[4])

ANSWER: agōgē (“uh-GOH-gay”) [or Spartan education; accept reasonable equivalents of Spartan training; accept krypteia until mention; prompt on education or schooling or training; prompt on descriptions of raising children]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Suchet KuturuGeorgia ATexas B2815
Vivaan KohliLambert BNorthview B3215
Alex Mattson.Minnetonka AProvidence3315
Ray ClaretNorthview AInnovation A33-5
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaCheese Sandwich33-5
Krish NathanHooverChattahoochee A4715
Kavineesh SenthilrajInnovation BExhibition4715
Isaac MilliansPrat PackHeauton Timorumenos4715
Terry TangMidnight Bus to Vistawhatever4715
James O'ReillyTaman's Nepo BabiesLeif Eriksen's Striking Appearance50-5
Edward KimJohns CreekChattahoochee B5115
Adhrit YadavLambert AMidtown5615
Alvan HossainLexington AWaltham A5615
Ada HuangCheese SandwichBella Vista5615
Rosaline DaffinSouthamptonCambridge5815
Ruizhao SunBelmont ABelmont B6315
Ben RichardsSheffield AEdinburgh6810
Saisabari RameshWaltham BMansfield A6810
Emery GehrkeBurnsvilleMinnetonka C6910
Julia BeamanMartingroveRenert70-5
Elouise FinchOxfordSouthperial7810
Zhangir SatzhanovBirmingham AWarperial7810
Jack Firth.Minnetonka BEden Prairie7810
Justin BatistilNorthernBurlington Trojans7810
Skanda VasishtaBig Brown BallersAlways Set the Kurve78-5
Alexander DuanLexington BMansfield B86-5
Rick LineChimeraManchester B8910
Jaiden LiWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperienceAlbanian Rift in the Sky89-5
Maciej WojdyłaManchester ASheffield B90-5
Shaun IyerInnovation ANorthview A9710
William TurnerBathBirmingham B10110
Stephen DonoghueSheffield BManchester A1070
Vaanya AhujaMansfield BLexington B1070
Fionn QuinnGlebeAbbey Park10710
Alaana MuresanRenertMartingrove1070
Nicole XuAlways Set the KurveBig Brown Ballers1070
Sumukh MurthyLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceTaman's Nepo Babies10710
Nolan DannelsAlbanian Rift in the SkyWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience10710

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%83%17%55.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%33%0%60.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓475%25%50%80.33
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓580%40%60%77.00
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓367%0%33%78.50
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%25%0%78.75
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓475%50%25%62.33
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓1100%100%0%28.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✕888%50%38%72.14