Packet 3: Tossup 2

This place is compared to a “mad and hallucinating deity” by people denounced as illustrating “deplorable taste and desperate ignorance.” A work repeatedly listing the letters M, C, and V (15[1])was found in this place’s (15[1])circuit (15[1])15-94. (-5[1])In one story, a footnote citing (15[1])Letizia Álvarez (-5[1])de Toledo (15[3])asserts (15[1])that (15[2])this place is “pointless.” (15[3]-5[1])Corpses (15[1])are thrown over (15[1])railings in this place (15[3])where people search for (15[1])(*) “vindications.” (10[5]-5[2])The “purifiers” scramble through this place (10[1])searching for a (10[1])“Crimson Hexagon.” (10[1])Infinite (10[3]-5[1])hexagonal (10[2])rooms (10[1])comprise, (10[5])for (10[1])10 (10[1])points, what place that contains (10[1])all possible (0[1])410-page books (10[1])in a short story by Jorge Luis Borges? (0[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: the Library of Babel [or La biblioteca de Babel]
<Literature - World, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 03
= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Robert WisdomChapel Hill ATantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae2915
Jacob HiggsNot Just BikingJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu3415
Arani PittuLambert AChattahoochee B3515
Aarya JoshiTexas ATexas B36-5
Alaana MuresanRenertGlebe4215
Matthew AmanteHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?PC Chris Master Race44-5
Chris YooBooz Allen InternsOstia Orcas4615
Mitch McCullarThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These DaysMichael Touse-Squid4615
Sheehan BankaNorthview AHoover4615
Suchet KuturuGeorgia ANorth Carolina4715
Rishabh Nanavati.Eden PrairieMinnetonka A4815
Shishir BharadwajLexington AMansfield B4815
Kamran Nawaz (St. Mark's)Texas BTexas A5215
Ethan BonnellPC Chris Master RaceHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?5215
Tristan NelmsInnovation AJohns Creek52-5
Peter MahowaldBelmont AWellesley5215
Rohan JainExhibitionNorthview B5315
Victor Fu (North Gwinnett)Georgia BGeorgia C5615
Jack DisburyChimeraManchester A6015
Dan MillingtonBirmingham BSouthperial6015
Charlie NichollsCambridgeWarperial6015
Nikola WuHeauton TimorumenosAlways Set the Kurve6415
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaVirginia Tech6510
Ryan FangThe Young JitsArmand duplantis fan club6510
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveI have no buzzer and I must neg65-5
Sanjay RajagopalEast Chapel HillCary Academy65-5
Gus SullivanMinnetonka BMinnetonka C6510
Dutch ConnertyMidtownInnovation B6510
Daniel SheffieldBelmont BLexington B6510
Suzara KhadkaWaltham AMansfield A7110
James LiChapel Hill BGrimsley7410
Jonathan LeeCheese SandwichBurlington Trojans7610
Ishaan Dinesh (BASIS Silicon Valley)CaliforniaWashington7710
Andrew LaoChattahoochee ALambert B7710
Terry TangMidnight Bus to VistaBig Brown Ballers7710
Isaac MilliansPrat Packwhatever77-5
Sita AgastyaNew YorkKentucky7810
Emery GehrkeBurnsvilleProvidence7810
Andrew NucciDon't Ever Take Sides Against the FamilyAlbanian Rift in the Sky7910
Alex IrvineSheffield BEdinburgh8010
Elouise FinchOxfordBath8010
Emily HoangAbbey ParkNorthern8010
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaMartingrove8010
Rae MeyersTaman's Nepo BabiesBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo8010
Braden BoutwellMountain Dew is BetterThey fuck you up your buzz and neg8110
Toby HewgillManchester BSheffield A8210
Zhangir SatzhanovBirmingham ASouthampton8710
Nathan SilvermanwhateverPrat Pack890
Eli YoderJohns CreekInnovation A9110
Arjun PantCary AcademyEast Chapel Hill990
Michael XuI have no buzzer and I must negTed Offensive10010

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%50%17%61.17
Triangle Cup2026-03-13367%33%33%51.50
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%33%0%63.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-134100%25%0%69.50
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13580%20%20%75.00
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%33%0%74.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%50%0%71.75
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-304100%50%0%59.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-195100%60%20%62.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%50%25%61.13