Packet 8: Tossup 5

While working in this place, Constable Warren rescues a Polish man who nearly froze to death. (15[1])Three baseball players are kicked out of an event in this place, (15[1])where Howie (15[1])Newsome (15[1])works as a milkman. (15[5])Props (15[1])are typically not (15[1])used to (15[1])depict this (15[1]-5[1])place, (15[1])where (15[1])Mr. Morgan (-5[1])serves strawberry (15[1]-5[1])(*) ice cream (10[2])sodas. (10[2])“Blessed (-5[1])Be the Tie That (10[1])Binds” is sung (10[1])in this place by Simon Stimson’s (-5[1])choir during a wedding. In this place, (10[1])George Gibbs attends the funeral of a character who asks if anyone “ever realizes life while they live it?” For 10 points, the Stage Manager lets Emily (0[1]-5[1])Webb (-5[2])relive her 12th birthday (10[1]-5[1])in what New Hampshire town where Thornton Wilder’s (-5[1])Our Town is set? ■END■ (10[1]0[8])

ANSWER: Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire [prompt on Our Town or descriptions of the town from Our Town or the setting of our town until the end]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Jacob HiggsNot Just BikingHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?1515
Shishir BharadwajLexington ALexington B2715
Robert WisdomChapel Hill ATantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae2915
Alex Mattson.Minnetonka AEden Prairie3015
Victor Fu (North Gwinnett)Georgia BNorth Carolina3415
Darren KellisOstia OrcasMichael Touse-Squid3415
Ilyas ChoukriVirginia TechThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days3415
Amory Kaufman-YoungProvidenceBurnsville3415
Gus SullivanMinnetonka BMinnetonka C3415
Kamran Nawaz (St. Mark's)Texas BNew York3515
Suchet KuturuGeorgia ACalifornia3815
Andrew GaoBelmont AWaltham B4015
Sasha FillbrandtMountain Dew is BetterArmand duplantis fan club4215
James LiChapel Hill BGrimsley42-5
Willow BhargavaWaltham ABelmont B4315
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaThe Young Jits4415
Ethan BonnellPC Chris Master RaceBooz Allen Interns46-5
Aarya JoshiTexas AGeorgia C4815
Ethan ElliottWarperialOxford48-5
Dan MillingtonBirmingham BCambridge5010
Jaiden LiWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperienceBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo5010
Michael XuI have no buzzer and I must negThey fuck you up your buzz and neg5110
Andrew NucciDon't Ever Take Sides Against the FamilyTaman's Nepo Babies5110
Alaana MuresanRenertCheese Sandwich52-5
Hanna WuKentuckyWashington5610
Kaiwen XiaoLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceAlbanian Rift in the Sky5910
Isaac MilliansPrat PackAlways Set the Kurve65-5
Hussain SaleemMartingroveBella Vista7210
Arjun PantCary AcademyEast Chapel Hill99-5
Georgette BeaumontGrimsleyChapel Hill B990
Jack DisburyChimeraManchester A100-5
Toby HewgillManchester BSheffield A100-5
Pen HughesEdinburghSheffield B104-5
Heather SweetSheffield BEdinburgh10410
Justin BatistilNorthernAbbey Park112-5
Maciej WojdyłaManchester AChimera1170
Elliot EarleySheffield AManchester B1170
Dawid NawrockiSouthperialBirmingham A1170
Zhangir SatzhanovBirmingham ASouthperial1170
Elouise FinchOxfordWarperial1170
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu1170
Chris YooBooz Allen InternsPC Chris Master Race11710
Liam BrowneEast Chapel HillCary Academy1170
Ashwin AnandwhateverBig Brown Ballers1170

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%83%0%39.67
Triangle Cup2026-03-13333%33%67%29.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%100%0%32.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13425%0%50%72.00
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13560%0%20%53.33
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24333%0%100%104.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24425%0%25%50.00
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-303100%100%0%36.67
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-195100%80%0%42.20
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17888%63%13%48.14