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Round 3: Tossup 2

This place is compared to a “mad and hallucinating deity” by people denounced as illustrating “deplorable taste and desperate ignorance.” A work repeatedly listing the letters M, C, and V was found in this place’s circuit 15-94. In one story, a footnote citing Letizia Álvarez de Toledo asserts that this place is “pointless.” Corpses are thrown over railings in this place where people search for (15[1])(*) “vindications.” The “purifiers” scramble through this place searching for a “Crimson Hexagon.” Infinite (10[1]-5[1])hexagonal rooms (10[1])comprise, (10[1])for 10 points, what place that contains all possible (0[1])410-page books in a short story by Jorge Luis Borges? ■END■

ANSWER: the Library of Babel [or La biblioteca de Babel]
<Literature - World, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 03
= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Nikola WuHeauton TimorumenosAlways Set the Kurve6415
Terry TangMidnight Bus to VistaBig Brown Ballers7710
Isaac MilliansPrat Packwhatever77-5
Andrew NucciDon't Ever Take Sides Against the FamilyAlbanian Rift in the Sky7910
Rae MeyersTaman's Nepo BabiesBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo8010
Nathan SilvermanwhateverPrat Pack890

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%50%17%61.17
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓367%33%33%51.50
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%33%0%63.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%25%0%69.50
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓580%20%20%75.00
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%33%0%74.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%50%0%71.75
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%50%0%59.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%60%20%62.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%50%25%61.13