Round 1: Tossup 20
A man with this surname issued the “Second Manifesto” in 1904 which removed sanctions from one arrangement. In a forged letter, Mark Hofmann claimed a man with this surname was guided by a white salamander. Oliver Cowdery was among the Three Witnesses who verified an object delivered to a man with this surname. That man with this surname used the stones Urim and Thummim to translate (*) Reformed Egyptian. A man with this surname whose “Word of Wisdom” prohibited drinking coffee and alcohol received a set of golden plates brought to him by the angel Moroni. For 10 points, a man with what surname founded the Church of Latter Day Saints? ■END■
ANSWER: Smith [accept Joseph Smith Jr.; accept Joseph Fielding Smith Sr.]
<Religion, Spencer Manning> | VAULT II Packet 01
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Wisdom | Chapel Hill A | Cary Academy | 39 | 15 |
| Sowrish Komaragiri | Tantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae | Grimsley | 63 | 15 |
| James Li | Chapel Hill B | East Chapel Hill | 69 | -5 |
| Liam Browne | East Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill B | 93 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 50% | 17% | 74.83 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 67% | 33% | 65.00 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 68.00 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 86.50 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 40% | 40% | 77.00 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 88.33 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 0% | 64.50 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 66.25 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 60% | 0% | 71.60 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 48.75 |