Question

The upper and lower halves of Bhaktapur, Nepal compete over one of these objects during Biska Jatra, an often-fatal new years’ festival. During a festival in the month of Ashadha (AA-shah-duh), people rush to touch ropes attached to these objects in the hopes of instantly attaining moksha. The Puranas describe the (-5[1])distinct colors of these objects belonging to each of the Navagraha (NUH-vuh-GRUH-huh). A massive temple complex at (*) Konark (10[1]-5[1])in Orissa was designed (-5[1])to resemble one of these (-5[1])objects belonging (10[4])to Surya. In the Ratha (10[2])Yatra (-5[1])(RUTH-uh-YAH-trah) festival (10[1]-5[1])local to Puri, (10[2])idols of Jagannath and his family are (10[2])loaded atop (10[1])these objects. One (10[1])of these (10[1]-5[1])objects is (10[1])moved (10[1])to provide a clearer view of the Kurukshetra battlefield (10[2])at the (10[1])start of the Bhagavad Gita. For 10 points, Krishna counsels (10[2])Arjuna (10[1])while (10[1])operating what type (10[2])of (10[4])military vehicle? ■END■

ANSWER: chariots [or carts; or temple cars; accept ratha before “ratha”; prompt on vehicles or floats]
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%0%33%100.83
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%33%114.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%67%121.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%0%104.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%0%120.33
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%0%103.00
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%0%25%97.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%0%79.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%33%119.67

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ankit AggarwalIt's JoeverBerkeley B50-5
Arya KarthikThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy BRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang68-5
DaoudOxford HornetsMagisters Ludi6810
Shourjo GanguliOSUMichigan72-5
Jacob EgolFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemMaryland B+77-5
Ashish SubramanianGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryMaryland A7910
Adam FineChicago AMaryland B-7910
Raymond WangHutto HipposDr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq7910
Ani PerumallaWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSUCornell B-7910
Will AlstonAmartya Senpai Notice MeNorthwestern8410
Chinmay KansaraMojo ShojoPurdue8410
Tony ChenThe Passion According to C.H.Milan et al.85-5
Kyle HuStanford B[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]87-5
Forrest WeintraubColumbia Bmeet the new weird, same as the old weird8710
Charles HangWUSTLIllinois A+9010
EvanBroken Imperial NomadsBuzzers Karamazov9010
Ash SeetharamanHouston and friendsCornell C++9710
Henry AtkinsNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleParth et al.9710
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) Bagelrymeet the new weird, same as the old weird9910
Tim MorrisonStanford ABerkeley A10210
John MarvinChicago B+Epic Games104-5
Daniel SheinbergUG Championship Players (and Mazin)Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again10410
Adam Silvermannats is supposed to mean you all have gone softColumbia B10610
Victor Pavaonats is supposed to mean you all have gone softUG Championship Players (and Mazin)10710
Rahul KeyalWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainColumbia B11610
Walter ZhangUG Championship Players (and Mazin)Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry11610
Anson BernsWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry11810
Stephen Liu[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Stanford B12810
Mattias EhatammThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzCameron et al.12810
Adam Silvermannats is supposed to mean you all have gone softmeet the new weird, same as the old weird12910
JJ TsaiRutgers DiasporaThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs13010
Vinu HariharBerkeley BIt's Joever13310
Kenji ShimizuRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B13310
Jonathan MaginMaryland B+Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them13410
Ashvin SrivatsaEpic GamesChicago B+13410
Conor ThompsonMichiganOSU13410
Yadu KukenthiranMilan et al.The Passion According to C.H.13410