Round 8: Tossup 19
A woman in this play cries after not being allowed to take a carriage to town since her husband is using the horses to farm. One character in this play calls her son a Symbolist while changing his bandages, and that son rejects the love of a woman who claims to wear black in “mourning for life.” Red lights and sulfur represent Satan in a (*) play within this play, which Irina Arkadina criticizes. Dr. Dorn claims a gunshot was instead the sound of a medicine bottle breaking in this play. In this play, Nina falls in love with Trigorin before being abandoned. For 10 points, name this Anton Chekhov play in which Treplev shoots the title bird. ■END■
ANSWER: The Seagull [or Chayka]
<Literature - European, Hari Ananthakrishnan> | VAULT II Packet 08
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shishir Bharadwaj | Lexington A | Lexington B | 56 | 15 |
| Peter Mahowald | Belmont A | Waltham B | 72 | -5 |
| Josephine Proskoczilo | Waltham A | Belmont B | 112 | -5 |
| Saisabari Ramesh | Waltham B | Belmont A | 117 | 10 |
| Charles Demirjian | Belmont B | Waltham A | 117 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 33% | 17% | 78.50 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 33% | 33% | 33% | 60.00 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 86.67 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 75% | 25% | 0% | 96.33 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 60% | 0% | 20% | 91.00 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 104.00 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 75% | 25% | 25% | 98.00 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 67% | 96.67 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 0% | 40% | 94.00 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 75% | 13% | 67.13 |