Packet 10: Bonus 1
This event occurred shortly after a train tour known as the “Voyage of Understanding.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this event deemed “Strange” in a book by Gaston Means. Joel T. Boone suspected a problem that may have caused this event, which occurred at San Francisco’s Peace Hotel.
ANSWER: death of Warren G. Harding [accept descriptions of Warren G. Harding dying prompt on partial answer]
[10e] The terminus of Harding’s “Voyage of Understanding” was this modern day state, whose purchase from Russia was known as “Seward’s Folly.”
ANSWER: Alaska [accept Alaska Territory; accept AK]
[10m] Harding began his “Voyage of Understanding” to Alaska in an attempt to get away from negative publicity surrounding this event. Interior secretary Albert B. Fall went to prison for illegally leasing the US Navy's oil reserves during this event.
ANSWER: Teapot Dome scandal
<History - American, Rohan Ganeshan> | VAULT II Packet 10
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 18.61 | 100% | 83% | 3% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An even worse idea | PC Chris Master Race | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Armand duplantis fan club | Not Just Biking | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Hoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish? | Mountain Dew is Better | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| I have no buzzer and I must neg | Ostia Orcas | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Michael Touse-Squid | They fuck you up your buzz and neg | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| The Young Jits | Booz Allen Interns | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| They'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days | Jeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 83% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 7 | 21.43 | 100% | 100% | 14% |