Packet 1: Tossup 12

Note to Moderator: Read Answerline carefully. Note to players: Description Acceptable. This event's central participant erroneously used Al-Farghani’s calculation for the length of a degree. The Capitulations of Santa Fe (-5[1])authorized this event, which encountered the cacique (“kah-SEE-kay”) Guacanagaríx (“gwah-kah-nah-GAH-reeks”). A fictional biography created by Washington Irving popularized a myth (15[1])claiming that this event disproved Flat Earth theories. Alfred (15[1])Crosby described a process (15[1])that introduced (*) syphilis to Europe in the wake of this event. Two years after this event, the Treaty of Tordesillas (10[2])partitioned territory explored during it between Spain and Portugal. For 10 points, name this event, where an explorer journeyed to a new (10[1])land on the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria. ■END■

ANSWER: Christopher Columbus (not) discovering the New World [accept Columbus’ first voyage; accept any description of Christopher Columbus journeying to the New World; accept Columbian Exchange before “exchange” is mentioned; accept descriptions of Columbus travelling to Hispaniola or the Caribbean the Americas or North America; prompt on descriptions that do not mention Columbus such as journeying to the New World or the discovery of the Americas]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Carson TidwellExhibitionLambert B29-5
Kavineesh SenthilrajInnovation BChattahoochee A4715
Edward KimJohns CreekNorthview B5615
Adhrit YadavLambert ANorthview A6015
Chistopher ZhongChattahoochee BInnovation A8010
Dutch ConnertyMidtownHoover8010
Arjun SriramLambert BExhibition10210

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%50%17%70.83
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✕3100%33%0%65.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✕3100%33%0%77.33
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✕4100%50%0%64.75
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✕5100%40%40%73.60
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✕3100%67%0%63.67
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✕4100%50%0%72.50
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✕475%25%25%60.33
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✕5100%60%20%57.80
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✕8100%50%38%74.00