Round 6: Tossup 4
In different versions of one story, a queen from this city is turned into a dog for either avenging her son or snarling after becoming a slave. A king of this city received divine horses as compensation for Zeus abducting the prince of this city. A princess from this city was rescued from a sea monster by Heracles after her father failed to follow through on a promise. The infant (*) Astyanax was thrown and killed by Neoptolemus after the fall of this city’s citadel. Poseidon and Apollo built the walls of this city while serving Laomedon. A chariot was used to drag the corpse of Hector around this city’s walls. A wooden horse devised by Odysseus led to the destruction of, for 10 points, what city besieged in the Iliad? ■END■
ANSWER: Troy [accept Ilium or Ilion]
<Mythology, Hariharan Ananthakrishnan> | VAULT II Packet 06
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Nicholls | Cambridge | Bath | 24 | 15 |
| Brandon Koh | Southperial | Southampton | 51 | 15 |
| Zhangir Satzhanov | Birmingham A | Birmingham B | 92 | 10 |
| Harry Crane | Warperial | Oxford | 108 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 68.17 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 77.00 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 81.33 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 0% | 86.25 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 60% | 20% | 58.60 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 106.67 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 68.75 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 84.67 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 20% | 60% | 91.80 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 38% | 25% | 82.25 |