Question

Note to players: description acceptable. 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 (-5[1])field, much knowledge of which was gained from so-called “Red Heads,” (10[2])was (-5[1])the major subject (10[1])of 1770s books (10[1])traded on the island of Dejima (10[2]-5[1])due to (10[1])bans on references (10[2])to “God.” Western science and technology were the primary (-5[1])subjects of, (10[1])for 10 points, what field (10[1])developed through contact (10[1])with the Netherlands? (10[2]-5[1])■END■ (10[1]0[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 or other fields like medicine by asking “What general field is this a part of?”]
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023N6100%0%33%103.17
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023N367%0%67%124.50
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%0%110.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%0%109.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%67%130.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%33%122.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%0%100.67
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y250%0%0%88.00
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y3100%0%67%116.33

Buzzes

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Amogh KulkarniCornell C++Houston and friends77-5
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Yared TadesseCornell B-What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU9210
Gareth ThorlaksonNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleParth et al.9510
Hari ParameswaranIt's JoeverBerkeley B10110
Owen RileyThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy BRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang101-5
Erik ChristensenThe Passion According to C.H.Milan et al.10110
Kyle HuStanford B[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]10310
Ishan JoshiThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzCameron et al.10610
Adam Silvermannats is supposed to mean you all have gone softUG Championship Players (and Mazin)10610
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Arthur Delot-VilainWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainColumbia B11710
Adam Silvermannats is supposed to mean you all have gone softmeet the new weird, same as the old weird12210
Halle Friedmanmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdColumbia B12510
Ethan StrombeckStanford ABerkeley A12810
Kenji ShimizuRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B12810
Michal GerasimiukUG Championship Players (and Mazin)Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again128-5
John BroussardHouston and friendsCornell C++12910
EoinBuzzers KaramazovBroken Imperial Nomads1290
MarkBroken Imperial NomadsBuzzers Karamazov1290
Michael Kearneynats is supposed to mean you all have gone softColumbia B13010
Anson BernsWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainUG Championship Players (and Mazin)13110
Kevin Wangmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry13110
Rahul KeyalWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry13510