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Round 7: Tossup 9

This character meets a man occupied by “matters of consequence” and refers to him as a “mushroom.” People refuse to believe the detection of this character’s home due to the discoverer’s Turkish costume. (15[1])This character meets a businessman who is busy counting the 500 million stars he claims to own. (15[1])This character heats (15[1])his breakfast with (*) volcanoes and falls in love with a thorny rose. The author’s own experience (10[1])as an aviator inspired a narrator who meets this character after crash landing in the Sahara desert. The asteroid B-612 is home to, for 10 points, what title royal of a work by (10[1])Antoine de Saint-Exupéry? ■END■

ANSWER: the Little Prince [or Le Petit Prince]
<Literature - European, Daniel Merida> | VAULT II Packet 07
= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Kaiwen XiaoLeif Eriksen's Striking Appearancewhatever3215
March DelfinWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperiencePrat Pack4915
Skanda VasishtaBig Brown BallersAlbanian Rift in the Sky5215
Andrew NucciDon't Ever Take Sides Against the FamilyMidnight Bus to Vista6810
Ben ShepherdBasileus II: Electric BoogalooAlways Set the Kurve10110

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%67%17%59.17
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%33%0%63.67
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%100%0%44.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%100%0%42.25
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%60%0%60.40
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%33%0%71.67
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%25%25%82.50
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓3100%67%0%52.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%100%0%38.60
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%63%25%61.13