Question

Nakagane Masahira’s A Guide to World Customs features an illustration of an influential figure in this field staring at a fallen plum. Takano Choei’s “A Short Record of a Meeting with Misfortune” provides a history of this field, which he wrote about while arrested for criticizing the government’s handling of the Morrison Incident. The author of the essay On Farting, Hiraga Gennai, used principles from this field to develop the (*) Elekiter. This general field, much knowledge of which was gained from so-called “Red Heads,” was the major subject (10[1])of 1770s (10[1])books traded on the island (10[1])of Dejima due to bans on references (10[1])to (-5[1])“God.” Western science and technology were the primary subjects of, (-5[1])for 10 points, what field developed through contact with the Netherlands? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Dutch learning [or rangaku; accept science or technology before mentioned; accept Western learning before mentioned; accept physics or mechanics for a buzz on the first sentence, afterwords prompt on physics or mechanics by asking “What general field is this a part of?”]
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= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jordan BrownsteinMaryland B-Chicago A8710
Will AlstonAmartya Senpai Notice MeNorthwestern8910
Taylor HarveyMojo ShojoPurdue9410
John MarvinChicago B+Epic Games10110
Conor ThompsonMichiganOSU102-5
Charles HangWUSTLIllinois A+112-5
Justin WytmarIllinois A+WUSTL12410
Chris RayOSUMichigan12410

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%0%33%103.17
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023N367%0%67%124.50
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023N3100%0%0%110.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023N3100%0%33%122.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023N3100%0%0%109.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023N3100%0%67%130.67
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023N3100%0%67%116.33
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023N250%0%0%88.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023N3100%0%0%100.67