rivers - 2025 VAULT II

Packet 3: Tossup 17

A god of this domain seduces Perimele. Three gods of this domain judged a contest for land between Hera and Poseidon. One of those gods, the founder of Argos, was named Inachus. Hephaestus rescues Achilles from a god of this domain, (15[3]-5[1])who attacks him three times. (15[6]-5[2])Hercules’ (15[1])servant (-5[1])Hylas (15[1])is abducted by (*) deities of this domain. (10[1])Cassiopeia claimed her daughter (10[1])was more (-5[1])beautiful (-5[1])than deities (-5[1])of this domain, (0[1]-5[1])causing Cetus (-5[2])to attack Ethiopia. (0[1]-5[1])Hercules rescues Deianira from a god of (10[1])this (-5[1])domain (-5[1])whose horn becomes a cornucopia. (10[2])For 10 points, what domain is represented by the gods Achelous and Scamander, (10[1]-5[1])who (10[1])overflow when fighting (10[2])enemies? ■END■ (10[9]0[8])

ANSWER: rivers [prompt on bodies of water; reject “oceans”]

<Mythology, Aveek Sarkar> | VAULT II Packet 03

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Samuel Morgan.	Burnsville	Eden Prairie	40	-5
Amory Kaufman-Young	Providence	Minnetonka C	40	15
Alvan Hossain	Lexington A	Waltham A	40	15
James O'Reilly	Taman's Nepo Babies	Always Set the Kurve	40	15
Ritam Setu (St. Mark's)	Texas B	California	45	-5
Rio Gayakwad	Washington	Georgia C	45	15
Lucy Zarzar	Chapel Hill B	Cary Academy	45	15
Robert Wisdom	Chapel Hill A	Grimsley	45	15
Rohan Jain	Exhibition	Northview B	45	15
Allan Yuan	Hoover	Northview A	45	15
Ralph Wang	Belmont B	Wellesley	45	-5
Nikola Wu	Heauton Timorumenos	Basileus II: Electric Boogaloo	45	15
Jack Firth.	Minnetonka B	Minnetonka A	46	15
Eli Yoder	Johns Creek	Innovation A	47	-5
Fergus Smith	Bath	Southperial	48	15
Chistopher Zhong	Chattahoochee B	Lambert A	55	10
Jennifer Nursalim	Lambert B	Chattahoochee A	59	10
Fionn Quinn	Glebe	Martingrove	61	-5
Ryan Jiang	North Carolina	New York	62	-5
Ada Huang	Cheese Sandwich	Renert	64	-5
Grace Taylor	Wellesley	Belmont B	67	0
Karthik Krishnamurthy	Prat Pack	Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family	67	-5
Aadya Shukla (Coppell West)	Texas A	Georgia A	69	-5
Brayden Wong	Burlington Trojans	Northern	69	-5
Aditya Rao (Challenger-Strawberry Park)	California	Texas B	72	0
Rosaline Daffin	Southampton	Cambridge	72	-5
Terry Tang	Midnight Bus to Vista	With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience	79	10
Harry Crane	Warperial	Birmingham A	80	-5
Sumukh Murthy	Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance	Big Brown Ballers	81	-5
Liam Cumby (Autrey Mill)	Georgia B	Kentucky	86	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh	Chimera	86	10
Kavineesh Senthilraj	Innovation B	Midtown	99	-5
Andrew Nucci	Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family	Prat Pack	99	10
Sowrish Komaragiri	Tantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae	East Chapel Hill	100	10
Charlie Nicholls	Cambridge	Southampton	103	10
Ian Wilson	Innovation A	Johns Creek	103	10
Suchet Kuturu	Georgia A	Texas A	105	10
Sita Agastya	New York	North Carolina	105	10
Alec Csukai	Manchester A	Manchester B	105	10
Ben Richards	Sheffield A	Sheffield B	105	0
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Sheffield A	105	0
Ray Sundar	Birmingham A	Warperial	105	0
Edwin Griffith	Birmingham B	Oxford	105	10
Rishabh Nanavati.	Eden Prairie	Burnsville	105	0
Eleanor Shore	Midtown	Innovation B	105	0
Alexander Duan	Lexington B	Mansfield B	105	0
Matthew Cervasio-Dyer	Mansfield B	Lexington B	105	10
Saisabari Ramesh	Waltham B	Mansfield A	105	0
Pranavkrishna Bharanidharan	Bella Vista	Abbey Park	105	10
Alaana Muresan	Renert	Cheese Sandwich	105	10
Hussain Saleem	Martingrove	Glebe	105	0
Faisal Pathan	Northern	Burlington Trojans	105	10
Skanda Vasishta	Big Brown Ballers	Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance	105	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech	2026-01-24	✓	6	83%	33%	33%	61.40
Triangle Cup	2026-03-13	✓	3	100%	67%	0%	63.33
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS	2026-03-13	✓	3	67%	67%	33%	43.00
VAULT II at McGill	2026-03-13	✓	4	75%	0%	75%	105.00
VAULT II at UCSB	2026-03-13	✓	5	100%	40%	40%	73.60
VAULT II Northern UK	2026-04-24	✓	3	67%	0%	0%	95.50
VAULT II Southern UK	2026-04-24	✓	4	75%	25%	50%	85.33
VAULT II at Harvard	2026-04-30	✓	4	50%	25%	25%	72.50
VAULT II at MINT	2026-06-19	✓	5	80%	20%	60%	85.25
VAULT II Stanford Online	2026-07-17	✕	8	100%	63%	25%	62.50