Packet 5: Bonus 10
While working for this company, Michel Fokine choreographed Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade (“sheh-HAIR-uh-zahd”) with Vaslav Nijinsky as the Golden Slave. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ballet company founded by Sergei Diaghilev (“dee-AHG-uh-leff”). This Paris-based company hired Igor Stravinsky to write The Firebird.
ANSWER: Ballets Russes (“roose”) [or Les Ballet Russes de Serge Diaghileff; accept the Russian Ballet or Diaghilev’s Russian Ballet]
[10h] For the Russes’ production of Le Spectre de la Rose, Fokine choreographed Nijinsky performing one of these leaps out of a girl's bedroom window. This kind of leap features a mid-air 180-degree split.
ANSWER: grand jeté (“zheh-TAY”) [prompt on jeté]
[10e] Fokine also choreographed a work titled for a “dying” one of these animals that Anna Pavlova performed over 4,000 times. Odette is turned into this animal by Von Rothbart in a Tchaikovsky ballet.
ANSWER: swan [accept Swan Lake or Lebedinoye ozero; accept The Dying Swan; accept Le Cygne]
<Fine Arts - Other, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 05
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 15.12 | 98% | 35% | 19% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand duplantis fan club | They'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Booz Allen Interns | Not Just Biking | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Michael Touse-Squid | Hoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Mountain Dew is Better | An even worse idea | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| PC Chris Master Race | Ted Offensive | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| The Young Jits | I have no buzzer and I must neg | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| They fuck you up your buzz and neg | Jeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Virginia Tech | Ostia Orcas | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | HE |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 40% | 40% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 63% | 38% |