John Proctor - 2025 VAULT II

Packet 6: Tossup 8

A student named Shelby declares that this character “sucks” before revealing that Mr. Smith sexually assaulted her in a 2022 play titled [this character] Is The Villain. (15[1])This character, (15[2])whose wife says he has (15[1])“found his goodness” at the (15[1])end of the (15[1])play (15[1])he (-5[1])appears (15[2])in, (15[1]-5[3])shouts “I (15[1])have given you my (15[1]-5[1])soul; leave me my (-5[1])name! (15[2])This character (15[1])forgets the sin of (15[1])(*) adultery while reciting (10[1])the Ten (-5[1])Commandments. (10[1])This character (-5[1])cheats on his wife Elizabeth before being hanged for refusing to sign a confession of witchcraft. (-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this man whose affair with Abigail Williams sparks the Salem witch trials in The Crucible. ■END■ (10[5]0[10])

ANSWER: John Proctor [prompt on Proctor, reject “Elizabeth Proctor” or “Goody Proctor”]

<Literature - American, Jamie Burchett> | VAULT II Packet 06

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Abbie Isabel	Edinburgh	Manchester A	26	15
Lucy Zarzar	Chapel Hill B	East Chapel Hill	28	15
Ada Huang	Cheese Sandwich	Bella Vista	28	15
Jacob Boschen	Mansfield A	Lexington A	33	15
Kaiwen Xiao	Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance	Midnight Bus to Vista	38	15
Sowrish Komaragiri	Tantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae	Grimsley	41	15
Robert Wisdom	Chapel Hill A	Cary Academy	42	15
Saisabari Ramesh	Waltham B	Lexington B	43	-5
Sita Agastya	New York	Georgia B	44	15
Tristan Nelms	Innovation A	Chattahoochee A	44	15
Lucas Granucci	Minnetonka A	Burnsville	45	-5
Chistopher Zhong	Chattahoochee B	Northview A	45	-5
Arjun Nair	Innovation B	Northview B	45	-5
Alaana Muresan	Renert	Burlington Trojans	45	15
Chris Holder	Exhibition	Lambert A	47	15
Jennifer Nursalim	Lambert B	Hoover	51	15
March Delfin	With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience	Heauton Timorumenos	51	-5
Kamran Nawaz (St. Mark's)	Texas B	Kentucky	55	-5
Aadya Shukla (Coppell West)	Texas A	California	56	15
Ashwin Anand	whatever	Taman's Nepo Babies	56	15
Sheehan Banka	Northview A	Chattahoochee B	58	15
Eleanor Shore	Midtown	Johns Creek	62	15
Nolan Dannels	Albanian Rift in the Sky	Prat Pack	65	10
Amory Kaufman-Young	Providence	Minnetonka B	67	-5
Suchet Kuturu	Georgia A	Washington	68	10
Ryan Liu	North Carolina	Georgia C	70	-5
Elliot Earley	Sheffield A	Chimera	86	-5
Yasmin Campbell	Cambridge	Bath	87	10
Luke Coughlin (Autrey Mill)	Georgia C	North Carolina	106	0
Heather Sweet	Sheffield B	Manchester B	106	10
Jack Disbury	Chimera	Sheffield A	106	0
Dan Millington	Birmingham B	Birmingham A	106	0
Elouise Finch	Oxford	Warperial	106	0
Ethan Elliott	Warperial	Oxford	106	0
Emery Gehrke	Burnsville	Minnetonka A	106	0
Sankalp Agrawal	Eden Prairie	Minnetonka C	106	0
Gus Sullivan	Minnetonka B	Providence	106	10
Annie Qi	Northview B	Innovation B	106	10
Peter Mahowald	Belmont A	Mansfield B	106	10
Justin Batistil	Northern	Glebe	106	0
Fionn Quinn	Glebe	Northern	106	0
Michael Fayer	Basileus II: Electric Boogaloo	Big Brown Ballers	106	0
Nikola Wu	Heauton Timorumenos	With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience	106	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech	2026-01-24	✓	6	100%	83%	33%	61.33
Triangle Cup	2026-03-13	✓	3	100%	100%	0%	37.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS	2026-03-13	✓	3	33%	0%	67%	106.00
VAULT II at McGill	2026-03-13	✓	4	50%	50%	0%	36.50
VAULT II at UCSB	2026-03-13	✓	5	80%	40%	20%	66.25
VAULT II Northern UK	2026-04-24	✓	3	67%	33%	33%	66.00
VAULT II Southern UK	2026-04-24	✓	4	25%	0%	0%	87.00
VAULT II at Harvard	2026-04-30	✓	3	67%	33%	33%	69.50
VAULT II at MINT	2026-06-19	✓	5	60%	40%	40%	56.00
VAULT II Stanford Online	2026-07-17	✕	8	88%	88%	13%	39.57