Round 8: Tossup 9
A member of this family wrote a novel whose villain inspired the term “Svengali.” The grandchildren of that author from this family inspired the Lost Boys in Peter Pan, in which an actor from this family originated Captain Hook. In a story by an author from this family, Nat Hocken realises a series of attacks only occur at high tide while barricaded in his cottage in (*) Cornwall. That author from this family wrote a novel whose unnamed narrator is tricked into wearing the same dress as a dead woman in a portrait by Mrs. Danvers, who dies burning down the Manderley estate. For 10 points, give this family of the author of “The Birds” and Rebecca. ■END■
ANSWER: du Maurier [accept George du Maurier, Gerald du Maurier or Daphne du Maurier, prompt on Llewellyn Davies with “what extended family were the Llewellyn Davies family part of?”]
<Literature - British, Jamie Burchett> | VAULT II Packet 08
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shishir Bharadwaj | Lexington A | Lexington B | 13 | 15 |
| Peter Mahowald | Belmont A | Waltham B | 98 | 10 |
| Charles Demirjian | Belmont B | Waltham A | 116 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 67% | 33% | 33% | 82.50 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 33% | 33% | 67% | 54.00 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 33% | 0% | 33% | 96.00 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 50% | 25% | 50% | 87.50 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 20% | 0% | 97.00 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 101.33 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 116.00 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 75.67 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 40% | 20% | 80.00 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 63% | 13% | 51.75 |