Packet 7: Tossup 20

In this country, a question about a “young hooligan” begins the story “The Class Monitor,” (15[1])which helped pioneer (15[1])the “scar literature” movement. (15[3]-5[2])In a (15[1])story from (15[1])this country, a man who fails (-5[1])to draw a perfect circle (15[1])declares (15[4])many (15[1])instances of (15[1])“spiritual victories.” (15[2])Found in the collection (15[2])Call to Arms, the narrator of a story from this country wishes to “save the children” after thinking (15[1])he’s in a town (15[2])full of (*) cannibals. (10[1])A non-Russian writer from this country wrote (10[1])“Diary of a Madman” (10[3]-5[1])and The True (10[1])Story (10[1])of (10[1])Ah Q. For 10 points, name this home country of Lu (10[1]-5[1])Xun and Liu Xinwu. (10[2])■END■ (10[12])

ANSWER: China [accept Zhōngguó]
<Literature - World, Nelson Ma> | VAULT II Packet 07
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Suchet KuturuGeorgia ANew York1415
Mitch McCullarThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These DaysPC Chris Master Race1715
Kamran Nawaz (St. Mark's)Texas BGeorgia B2115
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaBooz Allen Interns21-5
Chris YooBooz Allen InternsAn even worse idea2115
Ryan FangThe Young JitsMichael Touse-Squid21-5
Chris HolderExhibitionMidtown2115
Parth JagtapArmand duplantis fan clubTed Offensive2315
Sheehan BankaNorthview ALambert B2515
Eli YoderJohns CreekHoover31-5
Andrew GaoBelmont AWaltham A3615
Jacob HiggsNot Just BikingMountain Dew is Better3715
Robert WisdomChapel Hill AEast Chapel Hill3715
Gus SullivanMinnetonka BBurnsville3715
March DelfinWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperiencePrat Pack3715
Jacob FinleyHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?I have no buzzer and I must neg3815
Kaiwen XiaoLeif Eriksen's Striking Appearancewhatever4015
Dan MillingtonBirmingham BSouthampton4215
Benjamin WatsonThey fuck you up your buzz and negVirginia Tech4215
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidThe Young Jits4615
Arani PittuLambert AInnovation A4615
Andrew LaoChattahoochee ANorthview B6415
Ada HuangCheese SandwichGlebe6815
Alaana MuresanRenertBella Vista6815
Jas WangAlbanian Rift in the SkyBig Brown Ballers7110
Darren KellisOstia OrcasJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu7810
Charlie NichollsCambridgeSouthperial8210
Lucas GranucciMinnetonka AMinnetonka C8210
Rishabh Nanavati.Eden PrairieProvidence82-5
Chistopher ZhongChattahoochee BInnovation B8210
Terry TangMidnight Bus to VistaDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Family8510
Vito HsuehLexington BMansfield A8610
Aadya Shukla (Coppell West)Texas AWashington8710
Ishaan Dinesh (BASIS Silicon Valley)CaliforniaGeorgia C98-5
Charles DemirjianBelmont BMansfield B9810
Pen HughesEdinburghManchester B10210
Elouise FinchOxfordBirmingham A10210
Luke Coughlin (Autrey Mill)Georgia CCalifornia10310
Om DessaiNorth CarolinaKentucky10310
Jack DisburyChimeraSheffield B10310
Alec CsukaiManchester ASheffield A10310
Ethan ElliottWarperialBath10310
Arjun PantCary AcademyGrimsley10310
James LiChapel Hill BTantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae10310
Amory Kaufman-YoungProvidenceEden Prairie10310
Krish NathanHooverJohns Creek10310
Keke XiuAbbey ParkBurlington Trojans10310
Hussain SaleemMartingroveNorthern10310
Michael FayerBasileus II: Electric BoogalooAlways Set the Kurve10310

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%67%17%56.83
Triangle Cup2026-03-133100%33%0%81.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%33%33%74.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-134100%50%0%85.50
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%40%0%67.20
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%0%0%102.67
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%25%0%82.25
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-303100%33%0%73.33
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-195100%40%20%65.60
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%88%25%37.75