Previous tossup - Next tossup

Round 1: Tossup 12

Note to Moderator: Read Answerline carefully. Note to players: Description Acceptable. This event's central participant erroneously used Al-Farghani’s calculation for the length of a degree. The Capitulations of Santa Fe authorized (15[1])this event, (-5[1])which encountered the cacique (“kah-SEE-kay”) Guacanagaríx (“gwah-kah-nah-GAH-reeks”). A fictional biography created by Washington Irving popularized a myth claiming that this event (15[1])disproved Flat Earth theories. Alfred Crosby described a process that introduced (*) syphilis (-5[1])to Europe (10[1])in the wake of this event. Two years after this event, the Treaty of Tordesillas partitioned territory explored during it between Spain and Portugal. For 10 points, name this event, where an explorer journeyed to a new land on the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Christopher Columbus (not) discovering the New World [accept Columbus’ first voyage; accept any description of Christopher Columbus journeying to the New World; accept Columbian Exchange; accept descriptions of Columbus travelling to Hispaniola or the Caribbean the Americas or North America; prompt on descriptions that do not mention Columbus such as journeying to the New World or the discovery of the Americas]
<History - Other, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 01
= Average correct buzzpoint

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Sumukh MurthyLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceHeauton Timorumenos3015
Michael FayerBasileus II: Electric BoogalooMidnight Bus to Vista32-5
Karthik KrishnamurthyPrat PackTaman's Nepo Babies5115
Skanda VasishtaBig Brown BallersWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience63-5
Andrew NucciDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Familywhatever6510
Jonas LarsonMidnight Bus to VistaBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo11110
Jaiden LiWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperienceBig Brown Ballers11110

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✕6100%50%17%70.83
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%33%0%65.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%33%0%77.33
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%50%0%64.75
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%40%40%73.60
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%67%0%63.67
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%50%0%72.50
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓475%25%25%60.33
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%60%20%57.80
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%50%38%74.00