Packet 1: Tossup 15

Description Acceptable. One event in this location begins at the Ur-Nes and is threatened by a figure born from an umbilical cord. Another (15[1])event (-5[1])in this location involves reading 42 negative (15[1])confessions (15[2])listed in a text (15[1])named for (15[1])Ani. (15[1])After that event, (-5[1])some figures are selected to progress to this place’s (*) “Field of Reeds.” (10[8])While in this (10[2]0[1]-5[1])place, (10[5]-5[2])priests (10[2])destroy (10[1])wax models of one figure (10[1])to help his adversary pass through this place’s (-5[1])twelve gates. (10[1])After (-5[1])leaving (10[2])this place, one god manifests (-5[1])as the scarab (10[1])Khepri. Ammit (10[2]-5[1])devours impure hearts weighed against the feather of Ma'at (10[1])in this location. (10[2])At night, Ra’s (10[1])solar barge (10[1])traverses through, for 10 points, what place ruled by Osiris? (10[2])■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: Duat [or Tuat or Amenthes; accept descriptions of the Egyptian underworld or the Egyptian afterlife; accept kingdom of Osiris before “Osiris”; prompt on underworld or afterlife]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveMichael Touse-Squid2215
Sheehan BankaNorthview ALambert A23-5
Rohan JainExhibitionLambert B3015
Chris YooBooz Allen InternsThey fuck you up your buzz and neg3115
Kaiwen XiaoLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceHeauton Timorumenos3115
Parth JagtapArmand duplantis fan clubHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?3515
Jacob HiggsNot Just BikingVirginia Tech3715
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu3815
Jack DisburyChimeraSheffield A41-5
Alex IrvineSheffield BManchester B5310
Elouise FinchOxfordCambridge5310
Ryan FangThe Young JitsPC Chris Master Race5310
James LiChapel Hill BEast Chapel Hill5310
Ian WilsonInnovation AChattahoochee B5310
Alvan HossainLexington ABelmont A5310
Saisabari RameshWaltham BMansfield B5310
Pratyush JaishankerPrat PackTaman's Nepo Babies5310
Mata CooperSouthperialBirmingham A5610
Mitch McCullarThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These DaysI have no buzzer and I must neg5610
Jack MurphyOstia OrcasMountain Dew is Better56-5
Sasha FillbrandtMountain Dew is BetterOstia Orcas560
Suchet KuturuGeorgia AGeorgia B57-5
Luke Coughlin (Autrey Mill)Georgia CNew York57-5
Graham HallquistChapel Hill ACary Academy5710
Eli YoderJohns CreekNorthview B5710
Allan YuanHooverMidtown5710
Terry TangMidnight Bus to VistaBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo5710
Andrew NucciDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Familywhatever5710
Samuel Morgan.BurnsvilleMinnetonka A5810
Ada HuangCheese SandwichNorthern5810
Daniel SheffieldBelmont BMansfield A5910
Harvey WagstaffBirmingham BWarperial6410
Kamran Nawaz (St. Mark's)Texas BWashington72-5
Aarya JoshiTexas ANorth Carolina7410
Arjun NairInnovation BChattahoochee A75-5
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaGlebe7610
Julia BeamanMartingroveBurlington Trojans7610
Skanda VasishtaBig Brown BallersWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience81-5
Jack Firth.Minnetonka BProvidence8410
Pen HughesEdinburghManchester A8610
William TurnerBathSouthampton86-5
Ani PulavarthiMinnetonka CEden Prairie8610
Hanna WuKentuckyCalifornia9510
Frank LovellSheffield AChimera9810
Alaana MuresanRenertAbbey Park9810
Miles GladstoneGrimsleyTantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae10110
Keaton Finan (Finan Homeschool)WashingtonTexas B10310
Balaskanda SivanandamLambert ANorthview A11310
March DelfinWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperienceBig Brown Ballers11310
Liam Cumby (Autrey Mill)Georgia BGeorgia A11410
Sita AgastyaNew YorkGeorgia C1140
Tevin FrancisSouthamptonBath11410
Arnav JasaparaChattahoochee AInnovation B11410
Nicholas AlbrechtWellesleyLexington B11410

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%17%33%70.67
Triangle Cup2026-03-133100%0%0%70.33
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%0%0%76.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-134100%0%0%77.00
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%20%20%62.20
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%0%33%79.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%0%25%71.75
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-304100%0%0%69.75
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19580%0%60%96.50
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17888%63%13%38.86