Round 7: Tossup 9
This character meets a man occupied by “matters of consequence” and refers to him as a “mushroom.” People refuse to believe the detection of this character’s home due to the discoverer’s Turkish costume. This character meets a businessman who is busy counting the 500 million stars he claims to own. This character heats his breakfast with (*) volcanoes and falls in love with a thorny rose. The author’s own experience as an aviator inspired a narrator who meets this character after crash landing in the Sahara desert. The asteroid B-612 is home to, for 10 points, what title royal of a work by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry? ■END■
ANSWER: the Little Prince [or Le Petit Prince]
<Literature - European, Daniel Merida> | VAULT II Packet 07
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Demirjian | Belmont B | Mansfield B | 37 | 15 |
| Peter Mahowald | Belmont A | Waltham A | 45 | 15 |
| Vito Hsueh | Lexington B | Mansfield A | 74 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 67% | 17% | 59.17 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 63.67 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 44.00 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 42.25 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 60% | 0% | 60.40 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 71.67 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 25% | 82.50 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 52.00 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 38.60 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 63% | 25% | 61.13 |