Round 9: Tossup 15
Photos of people in this profession may have accidentally been melted in a drying cabinet by Larry Burrows. Ira Hayes was one of several people with this job shown smiling in the “Gung-Ho” shot. It’s not sports-related, but members of this profession known as The Magnificent Eleven were photographed by (*) Robert Capa, who probably staged a photo showing a “falling” [person with this job]. Robert F. Sargent depicted people with this job proceeding Into the Jaws of Death from a Higgins boat. Joe Rosenthal photographed people with this job on top of Mount Suribachi. For 10 points, Americans in what profession were depicted Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima in 1945? ■END■
ANSWER: American soldiers [accept paratroopers or marines; accept The Falling Soldier]
<Fine Arts - Visual, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 09
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Gao | Belmont A | Mansfield A | 53 | 10 |
| Josephine Proskoczilo | Waltham A | Mansfield B | 68 | -5 |
| Vaanya Ahuja | Mansfield B | Waltham A | 111 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 70.17 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 72.67 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 50% | 91.50 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 20% | 60% | 83.20 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 82.00 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 88.00 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 2 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 82.00 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 20% | 40% | 82.40 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 25% | 13% | 56.13 |