Packet 2: Tossup 7

Raffaelo Schmiamossi depicted an ambassador of a kingdom with this name wearing a raffia cloth. In 1518, a prince from a kingdom with this name, Henrique, was appointed Bishop of Utica. (15[2])After founding Antonianism, the heretic Kimpa Vita was burned (15[1])at the stake in a kingdom with this name. Adam Hochschild (15[1])chronicled abuses (15[1])in a colony (15[1])with this name (15[2])in a (15[1])book (15[2])titled (15[2])for a ruler’s (15[2])“Ghost.” (15[5]-5[1])Irish Diplomat (15[2])Roger (15[1]-5[1])(*) Casement reported on the Force Publique’s (10[1])hand-cutting (-5[1])tactics (10[2]-5[1])in a colony (10[1])with this name. (10[2]-5[1])A “Free State” (10[2]-5[1])with this name was (10[1])ruled by Leopold (10[1])II of Belgium. (10[2])For 10 points, Brazzaville and Kinshasa are separated by (10[1])a river with what name? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Congo [accept Kingdom of Kongo or Congo Free State or Democratic Republic of the Congo or Republic of Congo; accept Henrique of Kongo or Afonso I of Kongo or Antonio Manuel of Kongo; prompt on DRC or ROC; reject “Zaire” or “Angola”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidArmand duplantis fan club3015
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveThe Young Jits3015
Terry TangMidnight Bus to VistaPrat Pack3915
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaBurlington Trojans5015
Skand ParvatikarLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo5215
Sasha FillbrandtMountain Dew is BetterVirginia Tech5515
Will BartonSouthperialOxford5815
Mitch McCullarThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These DaysHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?5815
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaOstia Orcas6015
Ollie Glin-ConwayThey fuck you up your buzz and negNot Just Biking6115
March DelfinWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperienceDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Family6115
Vihan DevagupthapuGeorgia BWashington6215
Shishir BharadwajLexington ABelmont B6215
Chris YooBooz Allen InternsJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu6515
Amory Kaufman-YoungProvidenceEden Prairie6515
Suchet KuturuGeorgia AGeorgia C6615
Pierre-Olivier Pitt-ButeraChimeraSheffield B66-5
Young Fenimore LeePC Chris Master RaceI have no buzzer and I must neg6615
Graham HallquistChapel Hill AEast Chapel Hill6615
Alex Mattson.Minnetonka AMinnetonka C6615
Jeffrey WuBelmont ALexington B6615
Kamran Nawaz (St. Mark's)Texas BNorth Carolina6815
Alaana MuresanRenertNorthern6815
Elliot EarleySheffield AManchester A69-5
Nikola WuHeauton TimorumenosBig Brown Ballers6915
Fionn QuinnGlebeAbbey Park7510
Lucas CanesCary AcademyGrimsley76-5
Samrat Vibhuti (Challenger-Strawberry Park)CaliforniaNew York77-5
William TurnerBathBirmingham B7710
Sowrish KomaragiriTantaene Animis Caelestibus IraeChapel Hill B7710
Tom Morris-JonesBirmingham ACambridge8010
Tevin FrancisSouthamptonWarperial8310
Samuel Morgan.BurnsvilleMinnetonka B8310
Matthew Cervasio-DyerMansfield BMansfield A83-5
Ayhem AhmedGrimsleyCary Academy8610
Patrick O'BrienMansfield AMansfield B8610
Saisabari RameshWaltham BWaltham A86-5
Ashwin AnandwhateverAlways Set the Kurve9010
Ada HuangCheese SandwichMartingrove9310
Aarya JoshiTexas AKentucky9610
Oliver HealdManchester ASheffield A9610
Pen HughesEdinburghManchester B10510
Neel JayaramanNew YorkCalifornia11110
Stephen DonoghueSheffield BChimera11110
Willow BhargavaWaltham AWaltham B11110

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✕6100%67%17%67.33
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%33%33%76.33
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%67%0%71.33
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%50%0%71.50
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%80%0%62.20
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%0%67%104.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%25%0%74.50
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%50%50%81.25
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%60%20%80.60
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%100%0%53.13