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Round 9: Tossup 19

One woman from this text was cursed to be a stone until she was touched by the foot of the protagonist. In one event in this work, the protagonist stroked the back of a squirrel with three fingers, leaving a permanent mark in the form of stripes. In this work, figures use stones with the protagonist’s name (15[1])engraved on them to build a bridge. One character in this text brings back an entire (*) mountain after being (10[1])unable to identify a healing herb. (10[1])In this poem, a princess in her 13th year of exile in the forest is kidnapped by the king of Rakshasas, Ravana. The title prince (10[1])travels to save Sita in, (10[1])for 10 points, what Sanskrit epic by Valmiki? ■END■

ANSWER: Rāmāyana (“ruh-MY-yuh-nuh,” but be generous) [accept Rāmāyaṇam]
<Mythology, Hariharan Ananthakrishnan> | VAULT II Packet 09
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Skand ParvatikarLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Family5615
Nikola WuHeauton Timorumenoswhatever7510
James O'ReillyTaman's Nepo BabiesWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience8110
Manasvi DuggiralaAlways Set the KurveMidnight Bus to Vista10610
Nolan DannelsAlbanian Rift in the SkyBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo11110

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓367%33%33%76.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓475%25%25%84.33
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%20%0%85.80
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%0%0%114.67
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%0%0%96.50
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓2100%0%0%92.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%60%0%68.40
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%25%38%81.88