Packet 10: Tossup 1

A man in this novel is reminded that “experience is as to intensity, and not as to duration” when considering the “ache of modernism” he saw in a character whose wedding (15[1])was ominously interrupted by a rooster. (-5[1])An “antiquary” named Parson Tringham (15[1])sets up this novel's plot (15[1])with the phrase “Good Night, Sir John.” This novel concludes as a (*) black flag symbolizing an execution is (10[1])witnessed (10[1])by (10[2])Liza-Lu. (10[5])After (10[2])her horse (10[1])Prince (10[2])dies, (10[3])a woman in this novel is forced (10[1])to work for a man who later rapes her, impregnating her (10[1])with a child named Sorrow. For 10 points, Angel Clare appears in (10[1])what Thomas Hardy novel where the title character (10[1])murders Alec at Stonehenge? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[5])

ANSWER: Tess of the d’Urbervilles [or Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidThey fuck you up your buzz and neg3015
Tristan NelmsInnovation ANorthview A36-5
Parth JagtapArmand duplantis fan clubNot Just Biking4115
Mitch McCullarThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These DaysJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu4615
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaPC Chris Master Race6410
Shishir BharadwajLexington AWaltham A6510
Ryan FangThe Young JitsBooz Allen Interns6610
Gus SullivanMinnetonka BEden Prairie6610
Michael XuI have no buzzer and I must negOstia Orcas6710
Emery GehrkeBurnsvilleMinnetonka C6710
Lucas GranucciMinnetonka AProvidence6710
Chistopher ZhongChattahoochee BJohns Creek6710
Jaiden LiWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperienceAlbanian Rift in the Sky6710
Suchet KuturuGeorgia ATexas B6810
Karthik KrishnamurthyPrat PackHeauton Timorumenos6810
Sheehan BankaNorthview AInnovation A7010
Eleanor ShoreMidtownLambert A7110
Charles DemirjianBelmont BBelmont A7110
Jacob FinleyHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?Mountain Dew is Better7210
Andrew LaoChattahoochee AHoover7210
Ada HuangCheese SandwichBella Vista7210
Alaana MuresanRenertMartingrove7910
Chris HolderExhibitionInnovation B9010
Kaiwen XiaoLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceTaman's Nepo Babies10210
Annie QiNorthview BLambert B11010
Terry TangMidnight Bus to Vistawhatever11410
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveVirginia Tech1150
Thomas GlotfeltyVirginia TechTed Offensive1150
Soham GohilMansfield AWaltham B11510
Vito HsuehLexington BMansfield B1150
Emily HoangAbbey ParkGlebe1150
Justin BatistilNorthernBurlington Trojans11510
Skanda VasishtaBig Brown BallersAlways Set the Kurve1150

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%0%17%80.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%0%0%66.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13475%0%0%88.67
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13580%0%0%87.75
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%33%0%94.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24475%0%0%107.67
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30475%0%0%83.67
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-191100%0%0%68.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17888%38%0%55.14