Round 10: Tossup 14
In 1993, E. B. Knox discovered a genus of a species of water-holding giant groundsels named for this mountain. Johan Rebmann described the “dazzling whiteness” of a glacier on this mountain now named for him. The Chagga people govern the resort town of Moshi adjacent to this mountain. Landslides along this mountain created the Western Breach and the Barranco Wall. This mountain’s large ice cap contains the (*) Furtwängler Glacier. The Saddle plateau separates this mountain’s jagged Mawenzi peak from the snow-capped Kibo cone. For 10 points, Uhuru peak is the summit of what dormant volcano in Tanzania that is the tallest mountain in Africa? ■END■
ANSWER: Mount Kilimanjaro
<Geography, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 10
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krish Nathan | Hoover | Chattahoochee A | 30 | 15 |
| Sheehan Banka | Northview A | Innovation A | 39 | 15 |
| Sean Harbison | Exhibition | Innovation B | 40 | 15 |
| Vivaan Kohli | Lambert B | Northview B | 43 | 15 |
| Edward Kim | Johns Creek | Chattahoochee B | 47 | 15 |
| Eleanor Shore | Midtown | Lambert A | 65 | -5 |
| Adhrit Yadav | Lambert A | Midtown | 104 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 83% | 17% | 50.50 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 71.67 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 75% | 0% | 52.25 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 0% | 40% | 89.20 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 95.33 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 90.75 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 50% | 71.50 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 1 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 39.00 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 75% | 0% | 57.25 |