Packet 10: Tossup 2

One film by this director ends with a woman who uses acupuncture to erase memories dancing on a bus. A detective in a film by this director realizes the same song played on the radio each night (15[1])a killing (-5[1])took place. (15[2])In a film (15[1])by (15[1])this (15[1])director, (15[2])a man who uses his head (15[1])as a motion sensor is mistaken for a ghost by a child obsessed with (*) Native Americans. (10[2])A man (10[1])stares into the camera at the end of this (10[1])director’s (10[2])film (10[2])Memories (10[1])of Murder. (10[5])Lower-class (-5[1])characters scheme to take over jobs like (10[2])chauffeur and (10[1])housekeeper in a film by this director, (10[1])the first not in English to win the Best (10[1])Picture (10[1])Oscar. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name this director of Parasite. (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: Bong Joon-ho [or Joon-ho Bong] (the first line refers to the non-Darren Aronofsky film Mother)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Young Fenimore LeePC Chris Master RaceAn even worse idea3615
Ian WilsonInnovation ANorthview A38-5
Chris YooBooz Allen InternsThe Young Jits4015
Mitch McCullarThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These DaysJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu4015
Kaiwen XiaoLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceTaman's Nepo Babies4315
Nicholas WinterArmand duplantis fan clubNot Just Biking4415
Terry TangMidnight Bus to Vistawhatever4515
Michael XuI have no buzzer and I must negOstia Orcas4615
Balaskanda SivanandamLambert AMidtown4615
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidThey fuck you up your buzz and neg5215
Ethan ElliottWarperialBirmingham A6810
Isaac MilliansPrat PackHeauton Timorumenos6810
Patrick O'BrienMansfield AWaltham B7010
Nishil AroraRenertMartingrove7910
Noah McRedmondHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?Mountain Dew is Better8010
Rian MathewMinnetonka AProvidence8010
Suchet KuturuGeorgia ATexas B8110
Elouise FinchOxfordSouthperial8110
Edwin GriffithBirmingham BBath8210
Jack DisburyChimeraManchester B8410
Heather SweetSheffield BManchester A8410
Andrew LaoChattahoochee AHoover8410
Mohnish MaddineniJohns CreekChattahoochee B8410
Feliks ZhangBurlington TrojansNorthern8410
James ThompsonBig Brown BallersAlways Set the Kurve85-5
Arjun SriramLambert BNorthview B9210
March DelfinWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperienceAlbanian Rift in the Sky9210
Ada HuangCheese SandwichBella Vista9410
Chris HolderExhibitionInnovation B10110
Shishir BharadwajLexington AWaltham A11010
Rosaline DaffinSouthamptonCambridge11110
Frank LovellSheffield AEdinburgh11210
Van LeMinnetonka CBurnsville11210
Emily HoangAbbey ParkGlebe11510
Peter MahowaldBelmont ABelmont B12010
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveVirginia Tech12110
Jack Firth.Minnetonka BEden Prairie12110
Sheehan BankaNorthview AInnovation A12110
Alexander DuanLexington BMansfield B1210
Aditya SandhuMansfield BLexington B1210
Nicole XuAlways Set the KurveBig Brown Ballers12110

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%17%17%88.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%0%0%104.33
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-134100%0%0%93.00
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%40%20%73.80
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%0%0%93.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%0%0%85.50
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30475%0%0%100.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-191100%0%0%81.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%75%0%57.38