Question

The husband of Suwarna showed his expertise with these objects by stopping a dog from barking without injuring it. (10[1])During the struggle against Mayasura (“muh-YAH-soo-ruh”), Shiva fashioned Mount Mandara and Vasuki into one of these objects. (10[2])A man made guru dakshina on behalf of Dronacharya (“DROH-nah-CHAR-yuh”) by mutilating himself (10[1])to reduce his skill with these objects. (10[4])Ekalavya (10[1])was a master (10[1])with these objects, (10[1])another of which is made of sugarcane and bees (10[1])and used by the god Kama. During a swayamvara (“SWAH-yum-vuh-ruh”), King Janaka challenges princes (10[1])to a feat involving (10[1])one of these objects (10[3])belonging (10[1])to Shiva, the Pinaka. In another swayamvar, one of these weapons named Gandiva (“GAHN-dee-vuh”) is used against the eye of a fish to win the hand of Draupadi (“DROH-puh-dee”). For 10 points, name this primary weapon of both Rama and Arjuna. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: bows [accept bow and arrow; accept bowstring; prompt on arrows or weapons]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vedang Singhal (DII)UNC D (DII)Duke A (UG)1810
Pranav VeluriBerkeley BStanford B3410
Cade ReinbergerRIT BCornell A3410
Michał GerasimiukStanford ABerkeley A4610
Aditya SivakumarBerkeley CStanford C5310
Karthik PrasadCornell BRIT A5310
Yashodev VyasMinnesota CMinnesota B5310
Chinmay MurthyTexas AClaremont A5310
Skand ParvatikarArizona StateIowa State5410
Aadarsh BalireddyCornell CBinghamton5710
Eshan Pant (DII)NYU AColumbia A6010
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)UNC B (UG)6910
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (Grad)UNC C (UG)8210
Munir Siddiqui (UG)Maryland B (UG)Maryland C (DII)8610
Joshua Schmidt (DII)Liberty B (DII)GWU A (UG)9010
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarHaverford9010
Jacob RobertsonOxford AImperial A9010
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)9110
Bhargav Garre Venkata (DII)Virginia C (UG)GWU B (Grad)13010
E Smith (UG)JMU B (UG)Liberty C (DII)1310
Mason Mabry (DII)Virginia B (UG)William & Mary A (UG)13110
Nathan Redford (DII)Liberty C (DII)JMU B (UG)1310