Packet 9: Bonus 19
The motto of this Antarctic gateway city claims it is the “end of the world, [and] beginning of everything." For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this city located just below the 54th parallel. This city is the capital of a province that contains the Martial and Cordillera Darwin mountain ranges.
ANSWER: Ushuaia (The region is Tierra del Fuego)
[10m] Most scientists travelling to Antarctica begin their journey at a research facility on this island, which was named Van Diemen’s Land by a Dutch explorer who visited it in 1642.
ANSWER: Tasmania
[10e] Since 2021, White Desert has begun offering $75,000 dollar-per-person flight packages to Antarctica that depart from this country’s Antarctic gateway of Cape Town.
ANSWER: South Africa [or Republic of South Africa; prompt on RSA]
<Geography, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 09
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 21.61 | 100% | 81% | 36% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand duplantis fan club | An even worse idea | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Hoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish? | Booz Allen Interns | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Michael Touse-Squid | Jeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| PC Chris Master Race | Mountain Dew is Better | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| The Young Jits | Not Just Biking | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| They fuck you up your buzz and neg | Ted Offensive | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| They'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days | Ostia Orcas | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Virginia Tech | I have no buzzer and I must neg | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 0% | 50% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 88% | 38% |