Packet 3: Tossup 10

“Elegant action” figures are depicted in a set of works of this type named Gwion Gwion. Elongated (15[1])“claw” motifs dominate works of this type made in Sulawesi. A set of works of this type in (15[1])Argentina (15[1])comprise over (15[1])2,000 (-5[1])black (15[2])and red hands. (15[5])After (15[1])viewing (15[2]-5[1])works (15[3])of this (15[1])type, (15[3])the phrase (15[2])“we have (15[1])invented nothing!” was (15[1])apocryphally (15[1])declared (15[1])by (*) Pablo Picasso. (10[4]-5[1])The Polychrome Ceiling, (10[2]-5[1])which features several depictions of bison, (10[1])is part (10[1])of a large group (10[1])of works of this type (10[1])in Altamira. (10[2])A 17-foot auroch (10[1]-5[1])is one of many works of this type in the Hall of the Bulls at the Lascaux (-5[1])complex. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])what works were created by prehistoric people painting on walls? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: cave paintings [or cave drawings or cave art; accept parietal art; prompt on paintings by asking “what type of place are the paintings in?”; prompt on caves by asking “what is in the caves?”]
<Fine Arts - Visual, Jamie Burchett> | VAULT II Packet 03
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Jack Firth.Minnetonka BMinnetonka C1615
Parth JagtapArmand duplantis fan clubThe Young Jits3415
Ritam Setu (St. Mark's)Texas BTexas A3515
Edward KimJohns CreekInnovation A3715
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveI have no buzzer and I must neg38-5
James LiChapel Hill BGrimsley3915
Shishir BharadwajLexington AMansfield B3915
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaVirginia Tech4215
Sanjay RajagopalEast Chapel HillCary Academy4215
Alexander DuanLexington BBelmont B4215
Kevin Groot-FekkesWaltham AMansfield A4215
Annika LarsonAlbanian Rift in the SkyDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Family4215
Nikola WuHeauton TimorumenosAlways Set the Kurve4315
William TurnerBathOxford4415
Skanda VasishtaBig Brown BallersMidnight Bus to Vista44-5
Terry TangMidnight Bus to VistaBig Brown Ballers4415
Ishaan Dinesh (BASIS Silicon Valley)CaliforniaWashington4515
Tevin FrancisSouthamptonBirmingham A4515
Sheehan BankaNorthview AHoover4515
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaMartingrove4715
Toby HewgillManchester BSheffield A4815
Reyansh KroviNorthview BExhibition4815
Dutch ConnertyMidtownInnovation B4815
Sita AgastyaNew YorkKentucky5015
Simon BrewerManchester AChimera5015
Anthony ZhaoBooz Allen InternsOstia Orcas5215
Isaac MilliansPrat Packwhatever5515
Emily HoangAbbey ParkNorthern5615
Rohit RajaNot Just BikingJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu5715
Charlie NichollsCambridgeWarperial6010
Oscar SiddleThey fuck you up your buzz and negMountain Dew is Better6010
Ethan BonnellPC Chris Master RaceHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?6010
Balaskanda SivanandamLambert AChattahoochee B60-5
Aarnav PatwardhanChattahoochee ALambert B6010
Pen HughesEdinburghSheffield B6310
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days63-5
Amory Kaufman-YoungProvidenceBurnsville6310
Madhav KalluruChattahoochee BLambert A6910
Alex Mattson.Minnetonka AEden Prairie7110
Vikhyat KonchadaGeorgia ANorth Carolina7510
Mata CooperSouthperialBirmingham B8010
Dyuti HiraCheese SandwichBurlington Trojans8210
Vivienne RuemlerBasileus II: Electric BoogalooTaman's Nepo Babies8210
Luke Coughlin (Autrey Mill)Georgia CGeorgia B85-5
Alex AnChapel Hill ATantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae8510
Ruizhao SunBelmont AWellesley102-5
Alaana MuresanRenertGlebe10310
Guy JothaprasertI have no buzzer and I must negTed Offensive10610
Liam Cumby (Autrey Mill)Georgia BGeorgia C11710
Mitch McCullarThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These DaysMichael Touse-Squid11710
Grace TaylorWellesleyBelmont A11710

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%67%17%51.17
Triangle Cup2026-03-133100%67%0%55.33
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%33%0%50.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-134100%50%0%72.00
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%80%20%53.20
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%67%0%53.67
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%50%0%57.25
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-304100%75%25%60.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-195100%60%20%64.40
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%50%25%66.00