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Round 6: Tossup 4

In different versions of one story, a queen from this city is turned into a dog for either avenging her son or snarling after becoming a slave. A king of this city (15[1])received divine horses as compensation for Zeus abducting the prince (15[1])of this city. A princess from this city was rescued from a sea monster by Heracles after her father failed to follow through on a promise. The infant (*) Astyanax was thrown and (10[1])killed by Neoptolemus (10[1])after the fall of this city’s citadel. Poseidon and Apollo built the walls of this city while serving (10[2])Laomedon. A chariot was used to drag the corpse of Hector around this city’s walls. A wooden horse devised by Odysseus led to the destruction of, for 10 points, what city besieged in the Iliad? ■END■

ANSWER: Troy [accept Ilium or Ilion]
<Mythology, Hariharan Ananthakrishnan> | VAULT II Packet 06
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Sheehan BankaNorthview AChattahoochee B3115
Allan YuanHooverLambert B4115
Rohan JainExhibitionLambert A7310
Ian WilsonInnovation AChattahoochee A7610
Eli YoderJohns CreekMidtown9410
Justin AnNorthview BInnovation B9410

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%33%0%68.17
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%0%0%77.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%33%33%81.33
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%25%0%86.25
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%60%20%58.60
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%0%33%106.67
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%50%0%68.75
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓3100%33%0%84.67
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%20%60%91.80
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%38%25%82.25