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Round 10: Tossup 14

In 1993, E. B. Knox discovered a genus of a species of water-holding giant groundsels named for this mountain. Johan Rebmann described the “dazzling whiteness” of a glacier on this mountain now named for him. The Chagga people govern the resort town of Moshi adjacent to this mountain. Landslides along this mountain created the Western Breach and the Barranco Wall. This mountain’s large ice cap contains the (*) Furtwängler Glacier. The Saddle plateau separates this mountain’s jagged Mawenzi peak (10[1])from the snow-capped (10[1])Kibo (10[1])cone. (-5[2])For 10 points, Uhuru peak is the summit of what dormant volcano in Tanzania that is the tallest mountain in Africa? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Mount Kilimanjaro
<Geography, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 10
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Pratyush JaishankerPrat PackHeauton Timorumenos7710
Terry TangMidnight Bus to Vistawhatever8010
Sumukh MurthyLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceTaman's Nepo Babies8110
Skanda VasishtaBig Brown BallersAlways Set the Kurve82-5
March DelfinWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperienceAlbanian Rift in the Sky82-5
Emily SandeAlways Set the KurveBig Brown Ballers10410
Ashley TranAlbanian Rift in the SkyWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience10410

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%83%17%50.50
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%33%33%71.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%75%0%52.25
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%0%40%89.20
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%0%0%95.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%0%25%90.75
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%25%50%71.50
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓1100%100%0%39.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%75%0%57.25