Round 3: Tossup 2
This place is compared to a “mad and hallucinating deity” by people denounced as illustrating “deplorable taste and desperate ignorance.” A work repeatedly listing the letters M, C, and V was found in this place’s circuit 15-94. In one story, a footnote citing Letizia Álvarez de Toledo asserts that this place is “pointless.” Corpses are thrown over railings in this place where people search for (*) “vindications.” The “purifiers” scramble through this place searching for a “Crimson Hexagon.” Infinite hexagonal rooms comprise, for 10 points, what place that contains all possible 410-page books in a short story by Jorge Luis Borges? ■END■
ANSWER: the Library of Babel [or La biblioteca de Babel]
<Literature - World, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 03
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rishabh Nanavati. | Eden Prairie | Minnetonka A | 48 | 15 |
| Gus Sullivan | Minnetonka B | Minnetonka C | 65 | 10 |
| Emery Gehrke | Burnsville | Providence | 78 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 50% | 17% | 61.17 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 67% | 33% | 33% | 51.50 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 63.67 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 0% | 69.50 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 20% | 20% | 75.00 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 74.00 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 71.75 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 59.00 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 60% | 20% | 62.00 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 50% | 25% | 61.13 |