Benito Juárez - 2025 VAULT II

Packet 8: Tossup 18

This leader’s forces executed Santiago Vidaurri for betraying him and chasing his bullet-ridden carriage. The Ley Lerdo supplemented a law named for this leader (15[1])that abolished (-5[1])church privileges (15[1])called fueros. (15[1])The Convention (15[1])of London (-5[1])denounced this leader (-5[1])for cancelling debt repayments. (15[2]-5[1])This leader defeated (15[1]-5[1])Félix Zuloaga (“FAY-leeks soo-loh-AH-gah”) in the (*) Reform (-5[1])War. (10[1]-5[1])After this man’s forces (-5[2])defeated (10[1])Charles de Lorencez (“loh-rehn-say”) at the Battle of Puebla, (-5[1])he established the holiday (10[1]-5[1])of (10[1])Cinco de Mayo. (10[1]-5[4])After defeating (-5[2])France, (-5[1])this leader authorized (10[1])the (-5[1])execution of Maximilian (0[1])I. (-5[2])For 10 points, what first (-5[1])indigenous President of Mexico (10[1])names a city (10[1])across the border (10[2])from (-5[1])El Paso? (10[2])■END■ (10[12]0[12])

ANSWER: Benito Juárez [or Benito Pablo Juárez García]

<History - World, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 08

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Edward Kim	Johns Creek	Northview A	23	15
Michael Fayer	Basileus II: Electric Boogaloo	With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience	25	-5
Alvan Hossain	Lexington A	Lexington B	27	15
Alex Mattson.	Minnetonka A	Eden Prairie	29	15
Adhrit Yadav	Lambert A	Chattahoochee A	31	15
Darren Kellis	Ostia Orcas	Michael Touse-Squid	33	-5
Edgar Hughes	Ted Offensive	Jeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu	36	-5
Alec Csukai	Manchester A	Chimera	40	15
Sasha Fillbrandt	Mountain Dew is Better	Armand duplantis fan club	40	15
Kavineesh Senthilraj	Innovation B	Lambert B	40	-5
Samrat Vibhuti (Challenger-Strawberry Park)	California	Georgia A	43	15
Tejas Solai	Innovation A	Midtown	43	-5
Sean Harbison	Exhibition	Hoover	48	-5
Neel Jayaraman	New York	Texas B	49	10
Arjun Pant	Cary Academy	East Chapel Hill	49	-5
Anthony Zhao	Booz Allen Interns	PC Chris Master Race	53	-5
Aydin Hirji	Renert	Cheese Sandwich	53	-5
Teddy Aravanis	Not Just Biking	Hoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?	54	10
Saisabari Ramesh	Waltham B	Belmont A	62	-5
Liam Cumby (Autrey Mill)	Georgia B	North Carolina	66	-5
Mitch McCullar	They'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days	Virginia Tech	66	10
Pranavkrishna Bharanidharan	Bella Vista	Martingrove	67	10
Oscar Siddle	They fuck you up your buzz and neg	I have no buzzer and I must neg	70	-5
Robert Wisdom	Chapel Hill A	Tantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae	70	10
Emery Gehrke	Burnsville	Providence	70	-5
Ulises Shah	Belmont B	Waltham A	70	-5
Justin Batistil	Northern	Abbey Park	70	-5
Nathan Daniel (North Gwinnett)	Georgia C	Texas A	72	-5
James Li	Chapel Hill B	Grimsley	72	-5
Sumukh Murthy	Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance	Albanian Rift in the Sky	73	-5
Rae Meyers	Taman's Nepo Babies	Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family	76	10
Shahar Schwartz	An even worse idea	The Young Jits	77	-5
Ben Hellman	Michael Touse-Squid	Ostia Orcas	80	0
Sam Eddon	Cambridge	Birmingham B	81	-5
Elouise Finch	Oxford	Warperial	81	-5
Jack Firth.	Minnetonka B	Minnetonka C	86	-5
Aarya Joshi	Texas A	Georgia C	90	10
Amory Kaufman-Young	Providence	Burnsville	93	10
Arjun Sriram	Lambert B	Innovation B	96	10
Karthik Krishnamurthy	Prat Pack	Always Set the Kurve	96	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham A	Southperial	97	-5
Liam Browne	East Chapel Hill	Cary Academy	99	10
Fionn Quinn	Glebe	Burlington Trojans	99	10
Keaton Finan (Finan Homeschool)	Washington	Kentucky	100	0
Hanna Wu	Kentucky	Washington	100	0
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh	Sheffield B	100	0
Heather Sweet	Sheffield B	Edinburgh	100	0
Elliot Earley	Sheffield A	Manchester B	100	0
Sharanya Ray	Manchester B	Sheffield A	100	0
Joel Dicker	Southampton	Bath	100	0
Dawid Nawrocki	Southperial	Birmingham A	100	10
Sean Weidenbener	Warperial	Oxford	100	10
Stefan Stealey-Euchner	The Young Jits	An even worse idea	100	10
Shawn Armstrong	Jeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu	Ted Offensive	100	10
Young Fenimore Lee	PC Chris Master Race	Booz Allen Interns	100	0
Michael Xu	I have no buzzer and I must neg	They fuck you up your buzz and neg	100	10
Ayhem Ahmed	Grimsley	Chapel Hill B	100	10
Ani Pulavarthi	Minnetonka C	Minnetonka B	100	0
Reyansh Krovi	Northview B	Chattahoochee B	100	10
Krish Nathan	Hoover	Exhibition	100	10
Dutch Connerty	Midtown	Innovation A	100	0
Ruizhao Sun	Belmont A	Waltham B	100	10
Willow Bhargava	Waltham A	Belmont B	100	0
Keke Xiu	Abbey Park	Northern	100	10
Muye Chen	Cheese Sandwich	Renert	100	10
Jas Wang	Albanian Rift in the Sky	Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance	100	10
Jaiden Li	With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience	Basileus II: Electric Boogaloo	100	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech	2026-01-24	✓	6	83%	33%	50%	70.00
Triangle Cup	2026-03-13	✓	3	100%	0%	67%	89.67
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS	2026-03-13	✓	3	67%	33%	67%	61.00
VAULT II at McGill	2026-03-13	✓	4	100%	0%	50%	91.50
VAULT II at UCSB	2026-03-13	✓	5	60%	0%	40%	90.67
VAULT II Northern UK	2026-04-24	✓	3	33%	33%	0%	40.00
VAULT II Southern UK	2026-04-24	✓	4	50%	0%	75%	100.00
VAULT II at Harvard	2026-04-30	✓	3	67%	33%	67%	63.50
VAULT II at MINT	2026-06-19	✓	5	60%	20%	40%	60.67
VAULT II Stanford Online	2026-07-17	✓	8	75%	13%	63%	76.67