Packet 2: Tossup 14

A book titled for this word has a cover made of Mylar-wrapped aluminum and includes Steven Meisel’s photos (15[1])of “Mistress Dita.” A group whose name begins with this word had their fashion mimicked by the Bromley Contingent, (15[1])who frequented a King’s Road store of this name (15[1])that rebranded as Seditionaries. (15[3])This word names a (15[1])mid-70s (15[1])punk boutique (15[2])that was run (15[1])by Malcolm (15[2])McLaren (15[2])and Vivienne Westwood. (15[3]-5[1])The best-selling (*) coffee table book (10[2])of all time (10[1])is a 1992 (10[2])book (10[1])of this (10[1])title (10[1])by Madonna. (10[7])Prosthetics and mannequins (-5[1])were used for a series of “Pictures” titled for this word by the artist of Untitled Film Stills, Cindy Sherman. This word begins the name (-5[1])of a punk band that released the (10[1])album Never Mind the Bollocks and (10[1])included (10[1])Sid Vicious (10[3])and Johnny Rotten. For 10 points, in that band’s name, (10[1])what word precedes “Pistols”? (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: sex [accept the Sex Pistols] (Malcolm McLaren was also the manager of the Sex Pistols and helped fashion their punk look.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Foster HughesQuebecois Olga Tokarczuk be like 'freins de jacob interdits'In the Mood for Transportation Equipment1715
David BassJHUCatholic University A3615
Tejas RajeBHSUMuscle Mass Extinction Event4515
Jeremy TsaiUntitled Keyal TeamThe "C" Team4915
Oliver HargraveC R A B SA Neg of Beauty is a Joy Forever4915
Jamie BurchettDour StraitsNo Country for Old Quizzers4915
Swapnil GargBerkeley AStanford A5315
Daoud JacksonH Charlson's Washed Up ScrubsDielectrical Materialism5415
James OreficeContessa DoraMunir Siddiqui Fan Club5615
Arjun VijaykumarSt. MarxMaybe Ever5615
Joyann HuaUBC BThe Unbearable Heaviness of History Players5915
Aditya GangradeSurrealist Subcommandante Marcos be like Esto no es una pipaThe Fire Neg Time6115
Max Fitz-JamesThe Third Time when she was Given to Answer the Hard and the Easy, and Answered Only the EasyVacuous Tortoise6115
Jakob MyersIndiana1000000 Delinquents6215
Noah ChinDavid Foster GromitPolish Orthographers Posting Their Łs6215
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaSix Quizbowlers in Search of Owen MinmoNYU A6515
Joy AnThe Saint-Straw that Broke the Camille's Backconsumption smoothing by borrowing future big law income6515
Dmitri Anh-Minh TranW&L+FriendLex65-5
Stephen LiuTeam 8Not Old! (Old)6515
Ani PerumallaPenn Statehttps://i.imgur.com/C6nN2FE.png7010
Eric MukherjeeAna Pauker? I hardly know her!Girls who Just Want to Have Fun + Liam7010
Halle FriedmanShipping Down from BallstonHabitat 677310
Tris ColeThe Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade Deals[Redacted]7610
Aaron Dos RemediosGuelph ClozeLicence to C. Wright Mill7610
Vicent DuThe Umayyad Caliphate be like REPEAL NAPHTHASay It Ain't Zhou7710
Henry BonLexW&L+Friend7910
Matt WeinerIt's something unpredictable/that in the end is right/please refrain from e-mailing my wifeCopán Seethe8010
Andrew WangExecute Order 6 7(give me an) ANSWER: die for baseball8210
Henry BauerNYU B or not NYU B (that is the question)Negged Five Times in a Yellow Cab Against the Gottis and Gambinos8210
Kevin WangCapital One in the Twenty-First CenturyMiddlesex County Fetty Wap Fan Club8210
Evan SchleckRosslyn Academic TeamMike and Psmith8210
Connor MayersMaryland F♯ A♯ ∞UNC Charity8210
Anderson WangConstans Constantius and Constantine Jr.Team 78210
Maude-Sophie LockmanStrange Case of Dr. Joker and Mr. PennywiseThe lion does not concern itself with negging teammates out of their own categories8210
Gabrielle ClarkWhere's the nearest library, I need to have a public crashout.I'm just here (being trivia club president) so I won't get fined85-5
Jack LewisGeorgia Tech 𓂈𓆉𓃡Tennessee A110-5
Coby TranChicago !AInvective Against Swans11710
Halee CareyI'm just here (being trivia club president) so I won't get finedWilliam of Baskerville attempts to investigate John P. Robarts, gets turned away for not having a student card12310
Dexter HineAbbas I founded the AbbasidsUBC A12410
Sharath NarayanNorthwesternThe tram is not in service; please use the moving walkway.12610
Charles HangWashUfour high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian B12610
Micah ColmanYou Don't Have the CardsI fear not the man who has reviewed 10000 cards once, but I fear the man who has reviewed one card 10000 times12610
Caroline MaoNoah Sheidlower Untitled by Alexander McQueen by Premeditated Chaos by Alexander McQueen by Percival Everett13610
Ian TheysmeyerI'm just here (being trivia club president) so I won't get finedWhere's the nearest library, I need to have a public crashout.14010
Collin VessTennessee AGeorgia Tech 𓂈𓆉𓃡14010
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford B14110

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/20264100%50%0%85.25
2026 NAFTA at UBC01/17/20262100%50%0%91.50
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/20264100%25%25%84.25
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/20263100%0%33%95.67
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/20254100%0%0%101.75
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/20251100%0%100%140.00
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/20255100%40%0%65.20
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/20253100%67%0%69.33
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/20254100%100%0%53.25
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/20256100%50%0%74.83
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/20255100%40%0%81.00
2025 NAFTA at Richmond12/20/20252100%50%0%71.00