Packet 9: Tossup 8

This party’s chairman, Zia Yusuf, (15[3])resigned and then (15[1])un-resigned (15[4])amidst (15[1])debates over a Burqa (15[1])ban. (15[1])In 2025, a member of this party named Nathan Gill pleaded guilty to making pro-Russia (15[1])statements in exchange (15[1])for bribes. This party’s 2024 manifesto proposed leaving the ECHR (15[1])to speed up deportations. (15[2]-5[2])Hours before he defected to this party, Robert Jenrick was sacked by Kemi (*) Badenoch (-5[1])after (-5[1])his (10[1])resignation (10[1])speech (10[2])was found on a photocopier. This successor of the Brexit Party (10[2])currently (10[1])leads (10[1])polling (10[1])over Keir Starmer’s (0[1]-5[1])incumbent (10[1]-5[1])Labour Party. (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])Nigel Farage (-5[1])leads (10[1])what up (10[1])and coming right (-5[1])wing (10[1]-5[1])British Political Party? (0[1])■END■ (10[4]0[4])

ANSWER: Reform UK [prompt on Brexit Party until mention by asking “what is it called now?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Oliver HealdManchester AManchester B415
Ben RichardsSheffield ASheffield B415
Sam EddonCambridgeBath415
Will BartonSouthperialWarperial715
Pen HughesEdinburghChimera815
Tom Morris-JonesBirmingham AOxford815
Parth JagtapArmand duplantis fan clubAn even worse idea815
Benjamin WatsonThey fuck you up your buzz and negTed Offensive815
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaRenert915
Ivie TakpiSouthamptonBirmingham B1315
Eileen PengMountain Dew is BetterPC Chris Master Race1415
Kavineesh SenthilrajInnovation BJohns Creek2915
Darren KellisOstia OrcasThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days3215
Jacob FinleyHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?Booz Allen Interns4215
Kiran SheNot Just BikingThe Young Jits46-5
Carson TidwellExhibitionNorthview A4615
Ruizhao SunBelmont AMansfield A46-5
Jas WangAlbanian Rift in the SkyBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo4615
Devrishi JayaramChattahoochee BLambert B60-5
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu61-5
Sumukh MurthyLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Family6210
Alex Mattson.Minnetonka AMinnetonka B6310
Patrick O'BrienMansfield ABelmont A6410
Fionn QuinnGlebeNorthern6410
Ishaan Dinesh (BASIS Silicon Valley)CaliforniaGeorgia B7510
Guy JothaprasertI have no buzzer and I must negVirginia Tech7510
Luke HoutzTaman's Nepo BabiesWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience7610
Ritam Setu (St. Mark's)Texas BGeorgia A7710
Jai Tripathi (Horace Mann)New YorkTexas A7810
Muye ChenCheese SandwichMartingrove81-5
Julia BeamanMartingroveCheese Sandwich810
Adhrit YadavLambert ANorthview B82-5
Jonas LarsonMidnight Bus to VistaAlways Set the Kurve8210
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerThe Young JitsNot Just Biking8410
Arnav JasaparaChattahoochee AMidtown87-5
Luke Coughlin (Autrey Mill)Georgia CKentucky89-5
Kevin Groot-FekkesWaltham AMansfield B9010
Samuel Morgan.BurnsvilleEden Prairie9210
Krish NathanHooverInnovation A95-5
Keaton Finan (Finan Homeschool)WashingtonNorth Carolina96-5
Amory Kaufman-YoungProvidenceMinnetonka C9610
Shaun IyerInnovation AHoover990
Hanna WuKentuckyGeorgia C1000
Lucas ZhangNorth CarolinaWashington1000
Shawn ArmstrongJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuMichael Touse-Squid10010
Connor WilcoxMidtownChattahoochee A10010
Matthew ChungNorthview BLambert A1000
Vivaan KohliLambert BChattahoochee B1000
Emily HoangAbbey ParkBurlington Trojans10010
Nikola WuHeauton Timorumenoswhatever10010

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24650%33%67%58.33
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%0%0%83.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13475%25%25%57.67
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%20%0%73.20
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%100%0%5.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%100%0%8.00
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-302100%0%50%77.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19560%0%40%76.67
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%63%25%45.38