Packet 7: Tossup 11

At one of these locations, events occurring in September of 2008 are interrupted by Santana’s “Smooth” before time jumps to January of 2000. (-5[1])Olstead factory (-5[1])workers celebrate Tracey’s birthday at one of these (15[1])places (15[1])at the start of Lynn Nottage’s (15[2])play (15[1])Sweat. (15[3])A man at one of these locations (15[2])expresses disillusionment with “The Movement.” (15[1])A murderer (15[1])is arrested by Moran and Lieb at one of these locations after he confesses to killing his (*) wife Evelyn. (10[5])In a play’s final scene, Don Parrit (10[1])jumps from the fire (10[1])escape (10[1])of one of these (10[2])locations. (10[1])For 10 points, in Eugene (10[1])O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh, (10[2])Harry (10[1])Hope owns what sort (-5[1])of (-5[1])drinking (0[1]-5[1])establishment? (10[3])■END■ (10[6]0[1])

ANSWER: bars [accept saloons; accept taverns; accept Harry Hope’s saloon]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Noah McRedmondHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?I have no buzzer and I must neg22-5
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidThe Young Jits24-5
Parth JagtapArmand duplantis fan clubTed Offensive3215
Mitch McCullarThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These DaysPC Chris Master Race3315
Kamran Nawaz (St. Mark's)Texas BGeorgia B3915
Darren KellisOstia OrcasJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu3915
Alaana MuresanRenertBella Vista4015
Suchet KuturuGeorgia ANew York4115
Chris YooBooz Allen InternsAn even worse idea4115
Ryan FangThe Young JitsMichael Touse-Squid4115
Jacob HiggsNot Just BikingMountain Dew is Better4815
Kaiwen XiaoLeif Eriksen's Striking Appearancewhatever4815
March DelfinWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperiencePrat Pack5315
Terry TangMidnight Bus to VistaDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Family5515
Ilyas ChoukriVirginia TechThey fuck you up your buzz and neg7410
Robert WisdomChapel Hill AEast Chapel Hill7410
Lucas GranucciMinnetonka AMinnetonka C7410
Rishabh Nanavati.Eden PrairieProvidence7410
Peter MahowaldBelmont AWaltham A7410
Aarya JoshiTexas AWashington8110
Gus SullivanMinnetonka BBurnsville8510
Annika LarsonAlbanian Rift in the SkyBig Brown Ballers8610
Sowrish KomaragiriTantaene Animis Caelestibus IraeChapel Hill B9010
Charles DemirjianBelmont BMansfield B9010
Ishaan Dinesh (BASIS Silicon Valley)CaliforniaGeorgia C9110
Om DessaiNorth CarolinaKentucky9610
Rosaline DaffinSouthamptonBirmingham B10010
Michael XuI have no buzzer and I must negHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?10010
Jack DisburyChimeraSheffield B10110
Vito HsuehLexington BMansfield A105-5
Hussain SaleemMartingroveNorthern106-5
Frank LovellSheffield AManchester A107-5
Justin BatistilNorthernMartingrove1070
Toby HewgillManchester BEdinburgh10810
Arjun PantCary AcademyGrimsley10810
Ada HuangCheese SandwichGlebe10810
Oliver HealdManchester ASheffield A10910
Ethan ElliottWarperialBath10910
Elouise FinchOxfordBirmingham A10910
Charlie NichollsCambridgeSouthperial10910
Patrick O'BrienMansfield ALexington B1090
Feliks ZhangBurlington TrojansAbbey Park10910
Ben ShepherdBasileus II: Electric BoogalooAlways Set the Kurve10910

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%17%0%78.00
Triangle Cup2026-03-133100%0%0%90.67
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%0%0%77.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13475%25%25%85.67
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%60%0%70.20
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%0%33%106.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%0%0%106.75
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30367%0%33%82.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-195100%40%0%69.60
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%75%25%51.00