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

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

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveVirginia Tech33-5
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidThey fuck you up your buzz and neg3815
Rohit RajaNot Just BikingArmand duplantis fan club5615
Anthony ZhaoBooz Allen InternsThe Young Jits5615
Mitch McCullarThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These DaysJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu56-5
Eileen PengMountain Dew is BetterHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?62-5
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaPC Chris Master Race6615
Darren KellisOstia OrcasI have no buzzer and I must neg7510
Jacob FinleyHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?Mountain Dew is Better1070
Thomas GlotfeltyVirginia TechTed Offensive10710
Shawn ArmstrongJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days10710

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