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Round 2: Tossup 2

These people began a war by cutting down an [emphasize] American consulate’s flagpole. Richard Somers died while trying to use the USS Intrepid as a bomb in these people’s capital. Presley O’Bannon was gifted a sword during a conflict against these people. William Eaton’s routing of these people at Derna inspired the second line of the U.S. Marines’ Hymn. The USS Philadelphia was burned by Stephen (*) Decatur (10[1])to prevent it from being used by these people, who controlled the Regency of Tripoli. (10[2])Thomas Jefferson refused to pay tribute to, for 10 points, what North African pirates who waged two namesake wars against the United States? ■END■

ANSWER: Barbary pirates [or Barbary corsairs; accept Berber pirates; accept Tripolitan pirates before “Tripoli” is read; accept Berbers or Libyans; accept any description of pirates from North Africa or the Maghreb before "North African” is read; prompt on pirates or corsairs]
<History - American, Khang Le> | VAULT II Packet 02
= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Alex Mattson.Minnetonka AMinnetonka C6510
Amory Kaufman-YoungProvidenceEden Prairie8010
Samuel Morgan.BurnsvilleMinnetonka B8010

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✕6100%17%50%84.67
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%0%33%86.67
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%0%0%75.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%0%50%86.25
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓560%40%20%61.67
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%0%0%94.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%25%0%78.25
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%25%25%80.25
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%20%60%79.80
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%38%63%70.25