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Round 1: Tossup 20

A man with this surname issued the “Second Manifesto” in 1904 which removed sanctions from one arrangement. In a forged letter, Mark Hofmann claimed a man with this surname was guided by a white salamander. Oliver Cowdery was among the Three Witnesses who verified an object delivered to a man with this surname. That man with this surname used the stones Urim and Thummim to translate (-5[1])(*) Reformed Egyptian. (10[1])A man with this surname (10[1])whose “Word of Wisdom” (-5[1])prohibited drinking coffee and alcohol received a set of golden plates brought to him by the angel Moroni. For 10 points, (10[1])a man with what surname founded the Church of Latter Day Saints? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Smith [accept Joseph Smith Jr.; accept Joseph Fielding Smith Sr.]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaGlebe65-5
Hussain SaleemMartingroveBurlington Trojans6710
Fionn QuinnGlebeBella Vista7210
Jonathan LeeCheese SandwichNorthern76-5
Emily HoangAbbey ParkRenert9710
Olivia GorjaNorthernCheese Sandwich11010

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%50%17%74.83
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%67%33%65.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%67%0%68.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%0%50%86.50
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓580%40%40%77.00
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%33%0%88.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%25%0%64.50
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%50%0%66.25
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%60%0%71.60
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%100%0%48.75