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Round 2: Tossup 7

Raffaelo Schmiamossi depicted an ambassador of a kingdom with this name wearing a raffia cloth. In 1518, a prince from a kingdom with this name, Henrique, was appointed Bishop of Utica. After founding Antonianism, the heretic Kimpa Vita was burned at the stake in a kingdom with this name. Adam Hochschild chronicled abuses in a colony with this name in a book titled (15[1])for a ruler’s “Ghost.” (15[1])Irish Diplomat (15[1])Roger (*) Casement reported on the Force Publique’s hand-cutting tactics (-5[1])in a colony with this name. A “Free State” with this name was ruled by Leopold II of Belgium. (10[1])For 10 points, Brazzaville and Kinshasa are separated by a river with what name? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Congo [accept Kingdom of Kongo or Congo Free State or Democratic Republic of the Congo or Republic of Congo; accept Henrique of Kongo or Afonso I of Kongo or Antonio Manuel of Kongo; prompt on DRC or ROC; reject “Zaire” or “Angola”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Vihan DevagupthapuGeorgia BWashington6215
Suchet KuturuGeorgia AGeorgia C6615
Kamran Nawaz (St. Mark's)Texas BNorth Carolina6815
Samrat Vibhuti (Challenger-Strawberry Park)CaliforniaNew York77-5
Aarya JoshiTexas AKentucky9610
Neel JayaramanNew YorkCalifornia11110

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✕6100%67%17%67.33
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%33%33%76.33
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%67%0%71.33
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%50%0%71.50
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%80%0%62.20
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%0%67%104.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%25%0%74.50
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%50%50%81.25
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%60%20%80.60
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%100%0%53.13