Round 2: Tossup 20
The realization “I need more grace / than I thought” closes a poem in this language that begs a “Dissolver of Sugar” to “dissolve me.” The title object of a poem in this language is said to be “fire, not wind” after making a “crying sound” upon being separated. An impatient person from an “Earthen Lot” asks “who is the (*) Potter?” in a poem in this language. Coleman Barks popularized a collection of Spiritual Couplets originally in this language. A command to “Awake!” opens a collection in this language whose speaker asks for “A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread, and Thou.” For 10 points, Rumi wrote in what language, used by Omar Khayyam to write the Rubaiyat? ■END■
ANSWER: Farsi [or Persian]
<Literature - World, Rohan Ganeshan> | VAULT II Packet 02
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Heald | Manchester A | Sheffield A | 88 | 10 |
| Emily Townsend | Manchester B | Edinburgh | 113 | -5 |
| Thomas Popham | Edinburgh | Manchester B | 118 | 10 |
| Jack Disbury | Chimera | Sheffield B | 119 | 0 |
| Stephen Donoghue | Sheffield B | Chimera | 119 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 33% | 17% | 59.83 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 89.50 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 62.00 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 75% | 25% | 25% | 64.33 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 89.80 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 103.00 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 75% | 0% | 50% | 96.67 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 94.50 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 40% | 20% | 61.80 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 50% | 13% | 55.75 |