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Round 1: Tossup 13

The Class I of an aaRS enzyme that conducts a reaction in which this molecule is the nucleophile contains a Rossmann fold domain; that reaction is also known as the “charging” of this molecule. A conserved sequence containing pseudouridine comprises the T psi C arm of these molecules. Inosine is one compound that participates in (*) wobble pairing in this molecule. During one process, this molecule enters the A site and exits uncharged from the (-5[1])E site. This cloverleaf-shaped (10[1])molecule carries a three base-pair sequence (10[1]-5[1])known as an anticodon. For 10 points, name this form of RNA that carries (10[1])amino acids to the ribosome during translation, unlike mRNA. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: transfer RNA [accept tRNA; prompt on other forms of RNA or any answer with RNA; reject “mRNA”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Brayden WongBurlington TrojansMartingrove73-5
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaGlebe7710
Jonathan LeeCheese SandwichNorthern83-5
Gavin HarperNorthernCheese Sandwich8310
Nishil AroraRenertAbbey Park9710
Julia BeamanMartingroveBurlington Trojans10710

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✕6100%50%17%52.33
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%33%33%80.33
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%0%0%72.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%0%50%91.00
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓580%20%40%61.00
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%0%0%81.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%50%25%66.25
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%25%25%57.75
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓580%0%80%99.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓875%25%50%73.67