Round 6: Tossup 1
Dimitri Gutas argued that this place didn’t exist because the author of the Book of the Ten Treatises of the Eye never wrote about it. The Maragheh observatory was built by a person who worked in this place, which was legendarily constructed at the center of a “Round City.” In this place, the “Sons of Moses” wrote the Book of Ingenious Devices. Under (*) al-Maʿmun, this institution led the Translation Movement. Al-Khwarizmi developed Algebra while at this institution. The Tigris legendarily turned black from ink after Hulagu Khan's forces threw books from this place into it. For 10 points, name this Islamic learning institution in Baghdad. ■END■
ANSWER: House of Wisdom [or Bayt al-Ḥikmah or the Grand Library of Baghdad; prompt on Library of Baghdad; prompt on Baghdad with “what specific place in Baghdad?”]
<History - World, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 06
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvan Hossain | Lexington A | Mansfield A | 55 | 15 |
| Jeffrey Wu | Belmont A | Mansfield B | 61 | 15 |
| Alexander Duan | Lexington B | Waltham B | 68 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 83% | 67% | 33% | 66.40 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 67% | 0% | 67% | 86.00 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 67% | 85.67 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 0% | 74.75 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 40% | 60% | 60.50 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✕ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 86.00 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✕ | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 80.75 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 61.33 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 0% | 40% | 86.25 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✕ | 8 | 100% | 63% | 13% | 58.75 |