Packet 3: Tossup 1

One of these objects owned by Michel Schwalbe (“MI-shell SHVAHL-buh”) was crafted by Dominique Peccatte (“peh-KAHT”), who along with Eugene Sartory was a famed French maker of (15[1])them. Leopold Stokowski (-5[1])pioneered a “free” style of (-5[1])utilizing these objects (-5[1])in Philadelphia. (15[1]-5[2])These objects are quite literally flipped upside (0[1])down (15[1])in order to perform (15[1])the col legno (-5[1])technique. (15[10]-5[1])(*) Pernambuco (10[1])wood (10[1]-5[1])is often a source material (10[1]-5[1])for these objects (-5[1])which possess (10[1])a “frog” and a “point.” (10[6]-5[1])Moving (10[1])these objects (10[1])lightly (10[1])can produce a sautillé (“soh-tee-AY”) stroke. (10[2])Rosin can be used to amplify (10[1])the sound these objects (10[1])produce. (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name these objects made of horsehair that are used to play string instruments. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: bows [accept specific types of bows such as violin bows or viola bows or cello bows or bass bows]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Rae MeyersTaman's Nepo BabiesBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo2315
Aadi PudasainiLexington AMansfield B26-5
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days31-5
Denis LiuThe Young JitsArmand duplantis fan club34-5
Ethan BonnellPC Chris Master RaceHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?3615
Chris HolderExhibitionNorthview B36-5
Sonny BrocamontesHooverNorthview A36-5
Parth JagtapArmand duplantis fan clubThe Young Jits430
Chris YooBooz Allen InternsOstia Orcas4415
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaVirginia Tech4815
Gavin HarperNorthernAbbey Park51-5
Eileen PengMountain Dew is BetterThey fuck you up your buzz and neg5215
Jacob HiggsNot Just BikingJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu5215
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveI have no buzzer and I must neg5215
Rian MathewMinnetonka AEden Prairie5215
Gus SullivanMinnetonka BMinnetonka C52-5
Van LeMinnetonka CMinnetonka B5215
Balaskanda SivanandamLambert AChattahoochee B5215
Evan XueJohns CreekInnovation A5215
Andrew GaoBelmont AWellesley5215
Terry TangMidnight Bus to VistaBig Brown Ballers5215
Andrew NucciDon't Ever Take Sides Against the FamilyAlbanian Rift in the Sky5215
Samuel Morgan.BurnsvilleProvidence5310
Rishaan Saboo (North Gwinnett)Georgia CGeorgia B54-5
Sita AgastyaNew YorkKentucky5410
Dutch ConnertyMidtownInnovation B59-5
Pratyush JaishankerPrat Packwhatever5910
Ritam Setu (St. Mark's)Texas BTexas A62-5
Alaana MuresanRenertGlebe6410
Keaton Finan (Finan Homeschool)WashingtonCalifornia69-5
Sanjay RajagopalEast Chapel HillCary Academy6910
James LiChapel Hill BGrimsley6910
Graham HallquistChapel Hill ATantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae6910
Ray ClaretNorthview AHoover6910
Alexander DuanLexington BBelmont B6910
Suzara KhadkaWaltham AMansfield A6910
Ishaan Dinesh (BASIS Silicon Valley)CaliforniaWashington7010
Vivaan KohliLambert BChattahoochee A7210
Arshia RampuriaInnovation BMidtown7310
Ada HuangCheese SandwichBurlington Trojans7810
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaMartingrove7810
Swastik RoyTexas ATexas B8410
Mitch McCullarThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These DaysMichael Touse-Squid8810
Vikhyat KonchadaGeorgia ANorth Carolina89-5
Nicole XuAlways Set the KurveHeauton Timorumenos9210
Annie QiNorthview BExhibition10510
Ryan JiangNorth CarolinaGeorgia A10610
Pranav SivakumarGeorgia BGeorgia C10610
Alex KulikMansfield BLexington A10610
Emily HoangAbbey ParkNorthern10610

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%33%50%70.50
Triangle Cup2026-03-133100%0%0%69.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%67%33%52.33
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-134100%0%25%81.50
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%60%0%55.60
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%33%67%91.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%25%0%76.00
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-304100%25%25%74.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-195100%0%80%84.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17888%75%25%53.14