Round 11: Tossup 7
According to Richard Francis Burton, an escape from one of these places by following an animal was inspired by Aristomenes’ tale of following a fox. A custom of leaving surviving spouses in one of these places with water and seven loaves of bread is forced upon a sailor on his fourth voyage. After getting trapped, Cassim gets quartered in one of these places that his brother found while cutting wood. To hide the secret of that one of these places, forty thieves hide in oil jars to kill Ali Baba. A sorcerer tricks a boy into searching one of these places for a lamp in a story from Arabian Nights. For 10 points, Aladdin finds a genie while trapped in what type of underground location? ■END■
ANSWER: caves [or caverns; accept pits; prompt on dens; prompt on underground until read; prompt on tomb by asking “what kind of location was that tomb in?”]
<Editors, World Literature> | Packet L
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Misterkiewicz | Cornell C | Cornell B | 51 | 10 |
| Danny Cutbill | RIT A | Binghamton A | 89 | 10 |
| Eric Zhu | Cornell D | Binghamton B | 91 | 10 |
| Violet Page | Binghamton C | ESF | 103 | 10 |
| Jake Scoville | RIT B | Cornell A | 106 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | 5 | 100% | 0% | 96.60 |
| UK (South) | UK | 8 | 100% | 38% | 98.13 |
| Southern California | US | 7 | 100% | 43% | 94.71 |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | 9 | 100% | 0% | 96.56 |
| Great Lakes | US | 12 | 100% | 17% | 92.67 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | 6 | 100% | 17% | 93.50 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | 12 | 100% | 8% | 98.08 |
| Midwest | US | 9 | 100% | 0% | 90.67 |
| Northeast | US | 12 | 100% | 8% | 91.17 |
| Pacific | US | 9 | 100% | 0% | 96.78 |
| Southeast | US | 12 | 100% | 42% | 102.83 |
| Upstate NY | US | 5 | 100% | 0% | 88.00 |