Round 8: Tossup 5
While working in this place, Constable Warren rescues a Polish man who nearly froze to death. Three baseball players are kicked out of an event in this place, where Howie Newsome works as a milkman. Props are typically not used to depict this place, where Mr. Morgan serves strawberry (*) ice cream sodas. “Blessed Be the Tie That Binds” is sung in this place by Simon Stimson’s choir during a wedding. In this place, George Gibbs attends the funeral of a character who asks if anyone “ever realizes life while they live it?” For 10 points, the Stage Manager lets Emily Webb relive her 12th birthday in what New Hampshire town where Thornton Wilder’s Our Town is set? ■END■
ANSWER: Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire [prompt on Our Town or descriptions of the town from Our Town or the setting of our town until the end]
<Literature - American, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 08
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Disbury | Chimera | Manchester A | 100 | -5 |
| Toby Hewgill | Manchester B | Sheffield A | 100 | -5 |
| Pen Hughes | Edinburgh | Sheffield B | 104 | -5 |
| Heather Sweet | Sheffield B | Edinburgh | 104 | 10 |
| Maciej Wojdyła | Manchester A | Chimera | 117 | 0 |
| Elliot Earley | Sheffield A | Manchester B | 117 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✕ | 6 | 100% | 83% | 0% | 39.67 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 33% | 33% | 67% | 29.00 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 32.67 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 25% | 0% | 50% | 72.00 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 60% | 0% | 20% | 53.33 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 33% | 0% | 100% | 104.00 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 25% | 0% | 25% | 50.00 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 36.67 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 80% | 0% | 42.20 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 88% | 63% | 13% | 48.14 |