Question
The speaker laments that this deity “has left me behind, he’s never returned, he’s never sent me a single word,” in a mystical poem addressed to him by the bhakti (“buck”-tee) poet Mirabai. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this deity, who converses with Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita (BHUH-guh-vudd GEE-tah).
ANSWER: Krishna [prompt on Vishnu]
[10h] The speaker of this Bengali poem claims to be “the flute in the hands of Krishna” and “the ruthless axe” of Parashurama (PUH-ruh-shoo-rah-muh). Written in 1921, this poem ends as the speaker raises his head “high, ever erect and alone!”
ANSWER: “The Rebel” [or “Bidrohi”] (by Kazi Nazrul Islam)
[10m] Laila undertakes a spiritual journey after seeing a “Krishna Lila” in Journey to Ithaca, a novel by this author of Clear Light of Day and Fasting, Feasting.
ANSWER: Anita Desai [prompt on Desai]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 50% | 100% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| Berkeley A | Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Stanford A | [Insert Lawyer Joke Here] | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| It's Joever | Stanford B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Rutgers Diaspora | Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Amartya Senpai Notice Me | Purdue | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Epic Games | Maryland B- | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Mojo Shojo | Illinois | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| OSU | Northwestern | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Chicago B | WUSTL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell C++ | What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Houston and Friends | Cornell B- | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Hutto Hippos | Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Dr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq | The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Broken Imperial Nomads | Magisters Ludi | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Buzzers Karamazov | Oxford Hornets | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Cameron et al. | Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| The Passion According to C.H. | Parth et al. | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | Milan et al. | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| meet the new weird, same as the old weird | Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft | Columbia B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| UG Championship Players (and Mazin) | Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery | Maryland B+ | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs | Maryland A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |