Packet 4: Bonus 9
The owner of this object receives it after entering a shop on the way to kill himself in the Seine. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this cursed title object obtained by Raphael de Valentin, which shrinks each time it grants a wish.
ANSWER: the wild ass's skin [or La Peau de chagrin; accept the Skin of Sorrow, or The Magic Skin]
[10e] The Wild Ass's Skin is one work in The Human Comedy, a novel sequence by this French author.
ANSWER: Honoré de Balzac
[10m] In this other novel from The Human Comedy, the title vermicelli maker is bankrupted and abandoned by his daughters. Eugène de Rastignac is the only attendee at the title character of this novel's funeral.
ANSWER: Le Pere Goriot (“pair gohr-YO”) [or Father Goriot; or Old Goriot]
<Literature - European, Hari Ananthakrishnan> | VAULT II Packet 04
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 12.67 | 67% | 42% | 18% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand duplantis fan club | I have no buzzer and I must neg | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Booz Allen Interns | Virginia Tech | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Mountain Dew is Better | Jeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Not Just Biking | Ostia Orcas | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| PC Chris Master Race | Michael Touse-Squid | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Ted Offensive | Hoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish? | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| The Young Jits | They'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| They fuck you up your buzz and neg | An even worse idea | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 15.00 | 83% | 33% | 33% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 5.00 | 25% | 25% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 3.33 | 33% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 2.50 | 25% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 7.50 | 50% | 25% | 0% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 60% | 40% | 40% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 88% | 38% |