Packet 1: Bonus 16
During this country’s “National Awakening,” Terenzio Tocci became the first person to raise its double eagle flag in 350 years. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this country where nationalist movements like the League of Prizren took inspiration from Skanderbeg’s campaigns near its modern-day capital of Tirana.
ANSWER: Albania
[10h] Albanian independence was officially recognized by a 1913 treaty signed in this city. Treaties signed in this city in the 1830s secured the independence of Belgium and Greece.
ANSWER: London [accept Treaty of London of 1830 or Treaty of London of 1839]
[10m] During Albania’s National Awakening, Naum Veqilharxhi ("nye-OOM veq-eel-HAR-gee") created one of these systems designed to be religiously neutral. Saint Cyril names one of these systems for Russian.
ANSWER: writing systems [or scripts; accept equivalents like orthograph; accept characters; accept alphabets; accept logograms; accept syllabary; accept descriptions of creating a written language]
<History - European, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 01
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 21.14 | 93% | 84% | 34% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brown Ballers | With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family | whatever | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance | Heauton Timorumenos | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Midnight Bus to Vista | Basileus II: Electric Boogaloo | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Prat Pack | Taman's Nepo Babies | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 83% | 50% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 6.67 | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 80% | 20% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 27.50 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 100% | 13% |