Question

This poet wrote a 100-rhyming-couplet poem themed on an “Autumn Day” whose form was co-opted by a later poet after the Crow Terrace Poetry Trial. The end of one poem by this author describes how his white hair has been (15[1])scratched so much that it can no longer (15[2])hold a hairpin. (15[1]-5[1])One of this author’s poems ends by describing the rain that falls from a dark heaven with a screeching sound. This master of the eight-line (*) lüshi (“LOO-shih”) style wrote one poem in that style detailing his thoughts while “Gazing at Spring.” One poem by this “Poet-Sage” (10[1]-5[1])describes the title conveyances that “rumble (10[2])rumble” (10[2]-5[1])and horses that “whinny (10[1])whinny.” (10[1])For (-5[1])10 points, a thatched cottage in Chengdu is a museum in honor of what Táng dynasty poet of “Song of the Wagons,” who was a younger contemporary of Bái? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Fǔ [or Tu Fu; or Dou Fu]
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Raymond WangCornell RRIT3915
Eve FleisigBerkeley ABerkeley B4715
Adrian WongOttawa AToronto Ray Of Sun In The Sky4715
Michał GerasimiukStanford ABerkeley C5015
Aden SunChicago AIllinois B50-5
Mattias EhatammWaterlooOttawa C95-5
Eylon CaplanPurdue AIndiana9510
Nathan ZhangCornell MATLABSyracuse+Rochester10110
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeMissouri B10110
Anderson WangI will play anything with a buzzer in front of meAuxiliary Lofthouse Cookie University10210
Michael HundingIllinois AChicago B102-5
Neal JoshiWUSTL XYZSIUE10210
Braden BoothMissouri AWUSTL H2O10610
Kane NguyenMcDouble West CarletonOttawa B10710
Gideon KpurubuVanderbiltPurdue B108-5
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BChicago A13810