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Round 2: Tossup 8

This structure is the subject of an “anti-film” that uses the same techniques as its creator’s earlier film Sleep. Eight hours and five minutes of footage (15[1])of this structure (15[1])comprises a 1964 (15[1])film by Andy Warhol. Merian C. Cooper (-5[1])directed an RKO Pictures film in which Fay Wray plays a character stuck in this building named (*) Ann Darrow. (10[1])A 1933 film that pioneered several special effects techniques ended with sequences using stop-motion to depict airplanes flying around this building. Carl Denham claims that “Beauty killed the Beast” after a massive creature falls to his death from this building. For 10 points, name this real-life 102-story skyscraper climbed by King Kong. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: the Empire State Building
<Fine Arts - Other, Rohan Kher> | VAULT II Packet 02
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Hanna WuKentuckyTexas A2515
Sita AgastyaNew YorkCalifornia2815
Suchet KuturuGeorgia AGeorgia C3115
Kamran Nawaz (St. Mark's)Texas BNorth Carolina38-5
Victor Fu (North Gwinnett)Georgia BWashington5710
Om DessaiNorth CarolinaTexas B11010

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%67%33%54.00
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%0%0%70.33
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%0%0%88.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%75%0%44.75
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%20%0%65.00
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%33%0%55.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%25%0%66.75
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%25%25%79.50
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%60%20%50.20
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%100%0%30.75