Packet 1: Tossup 8

Rather than being executed for murdering his wife, a character in this novel is tattooed on his face. One character in this novel releases fish from a cage after a (-5[1])fisherman doesn't sell him any, and that (15[1])character gains a nickname due to his twin axes. This novel begins (15[1])with the release (15[1])of golden rays after a stone tortoise (15[4])is moved. (15[4]-5[1])A character in this novel (15[1])drinks (*) 18 (-5[2])bowls (10[2]-5[1])of wine and then (10[1])beats a tiger (10[1])dead. (-5[1])That character, Wu Song, (-5[2])inspired (-5[1])an erotic spinoff (-5[1])of this novel titled The Plum in the Golden Vase. (10[1])Song Jiang leads a group of reincarnated (10[1])demons against the corrupt official Gao (10[1])Qiu in, (-5[1])for 10 points, what classic Chinese novel (10[1]-5[1])by Shi Nai'an (-5[1])about a group (10[1])of 108 (10[3])outlaws? (10[2])■END■ (10[7]0[4])

ANSWER: Water Margin [or Outlaws of the Marsh or All Men Are Brothers or Shui Hu Zhuan]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Rohit RajaNot Just BikingVirginia Tech29-5
Ada HuangCheese SandwichNorthern3615
Lucas GranucciMinnetonka ABurnsville4815
Alaana MuresanRenertAbbey Park5115
Kamran Nawaz (St. Mark's)Texas BWashington5815
Jacob FinleyHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?Armand duplantis fan club5815
Chris YooBooz Allen InternsThey fuck you up your buzz and neg5815
Robert WisdomChapel Hill ACary Academy5815
Suchet KuturuGeorgia AGeorgia B6015
Ryan FangThe Young JitsPC Chris Master Race6015
Amory Kaufman-YoungProvidenceMinnetonka B60-5
Rishabh Nanavati.Eden PrairieMinnetonka C6015
Kaiwen XiaoLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceHeauton Timorumenos6015
Toby HewgillManchester BSheffield B6515
James LiChapel Hill BEast Chapel Hill67-5
Jonas LarsonMidnight Bus to VistaBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo67-5
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu6810
Darren KellisOstia OrcasMountain Dew is Better68-5
Shishir BharadwajLexington ABelmont A6810
March DelfinWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperienceBig Brown Ballers7210
Mitch McCullarThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These DaysI have no buzzer and I must neg7510
Ryan LiuNorth CarolinaTexas A76-5
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidTed Offensive80-5
Fionn QuinnGlebeBella Vista80-5
Oliver HealdManchester AEdinburgh81-5
Sita AgastyaNew YorkGeorgia C84-5
Brian ChauCambridgeOxford9410
Andrew NucciDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Familywhatever10110
Hussain SaleemMartingroveBurlington Trojans10710
Karthik KrishnamurthyPrat PackTaman's Nepo Babies109-5
Jack DisburyChimeraSheffield A11610
Matthew Cervasio-DyerMansfield BWaltham B116-5
Bill FudgeBathSouthampton119-5
Hanna WuKentuckyCalifornia12210
Zhangir SatzhanovBirmingham ASouthperial12410
Dan MillingtonBirmingham BWarperial12410
Sowrish KomaragiriTantaene Animis Caelestibus IraeGrimsley12410
Gus SullivanMinnetonka BProvidence12510
James O'ReillyTaman's Nepo BabiesPrat Pack12510
Luke Coughlin (Autrey Mill)Georgia CNew York1260
Aarya JoshiTexas ANorth Carolina12610
Pen HughesEdinburghManchester A1260
Tevin FrancisSouthamptonBath12610
Sasha FillbrandtMountain Dew is BetterOstia Orcas12610
Thomas GlotfeltyVirginia TechNot Just Biking1260
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveMichael Touse-Squid12610
Charles DemirjianBelmont BMansfield A12610
Saisabari RameshWaltham BMansfield B1260
Nicholas AlbrechtWellesleyLexington B12610
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaGlebe12610

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✕683%67%17%67.00
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓367%33%33%91.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%67%33%77.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%50%25%80.00
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓580%20%40%89.50
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓367%33%33%90.50
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%0%25%117.00
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓475%0%25%106.67
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓580%40%40%91.50
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓888%38%38%81.57