Packet 11: Bonus 20
Two Answers required. After refusing to join the Comintern, one of these two leaders placed supporters of the other, dubbed “Cominformists,” in the Goli Otok prison. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these two leaders, one of whom banned supporting the other during the Informbiro period. One of these two marxist leaders told the other to “Stop sending people to kill me.”
ANSWER: Josip Broz Tito AND Joseph Stalin [accept Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin or Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in place of “Stalin; accept Josip Broz Tito in place of “Tito”; accept Tito-Stalin split]
[10e] Tito split from Stalin’s leadership in the Comintern while leading this Balkan country that eventually split into five republics in the 1990s.
ANSWER: Yugoslavia [accept Kingdom of Yugoslavia; or Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; or Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia]
[10h] Tito and Stalin partially split over Tito’s support for this country’s DSE communist party. The KKE lost this country’s 1940s civil war to forces supporting King Paul.
ANSWER: Greece [or Kingdom of Greece; or Hellas; accept the Hellenic Republic]
<History - European, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 11
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian Rift in the Sky | Midnight Bus to Vista | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family | Heauton Timorumenos | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance | Prat Pack | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience | Always Set the Kurve | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✕ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✕ | 8 | 25.00 | 100% | 75% | 75% |