Question

A mythical example of these figures gave the title “Answer to the Clouds” to the world’s first piece of music. Another of these figures executed a subordinate on Feather Mountain over the failure of a dam (10[1])made with magic self-expanding soil. (10[1])A third (10[1]-5[1])of these figures was conceived by a lightning bolt from the Big (-5[1])Dipper (10[1])and is credited with teaching the use of bows, carts, and wooden houses. (-5[1])That example of these figures employed a four-eyed official who made the sky rain millet after inventing writing. (10[3]-5[1])Kù, Zhuānxū (“j’wan-shoo”), Yáo, (10[1])and Shùn (10[1]-5[1])are four (-5[1])of a set of “five” (10[1])of these figures (10[1]-5[1])numbered (10[1]-5[1])in The Records of the Grand (10[1])Historian. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])much of Chinese culture is credited to a “Yellow” example (10[7]-5[1])of (10[1])what (-5[1])leaders, (10[4])the first (10[2])real example (10[1])of whom was Shǐ Huángdì? (10[1])■END■ (10[8])

ANSWER: emperors of China [accept Huángdì or Wǔ until “Huángdì” is read; accept Five Emperors; accept August Thearchs; accept sovereigns of China or Three Sovereigns or Sān Huáng; prompt on kings of China or rulers of China; prompt on demigods] (Depending on source, the Yellow Emperor is either numbered among the Five Emperors or Three Sovereigns.)
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= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Biyang Zhang (DII)Michigan BMichigan C3510
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A4010
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Maryland B (UG)4210
Conrad FreidsonWarwickOxford A42-5
Jisoon YooTexas ASorbonne54-5
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicKentucky5510
Raymond WangCornell ACornell B68-5
Swapnil GargBerkeley ABerkeley C8610
Ryan SunBerkeley BStanford C86-5
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M AIowa B8610
Eileen PengOxford CCambridge C8610
James Stevenson (UG)Michigan AOhio State A8910
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)JMU B (UG)9110
Isaiah SilversDurham AImperial B91-5
Dean Ah NowClaremont AUBC A93-5
Haike LiuKCLSheffield9810
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)UNC B (UG)101-5
Albert Zhang (UG)Columbia CJohns Hopkins10110
Brendan BethlehemCambridge BCambridge A10210
Elliot CosnettOxford BDurham B102-5
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarJohn Jay10810
Michał GerasimiukStanford AStanford B10910
Sophie HiggsUW ATexas A&M B10910
Ted WarnerBristolKiel10910
Justin LeeImperial AEdinburgh11210
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)GWU B (Grad)12210
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)Duke A (UG)12210
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)GWU A (UG)12210
Derek Aldridge (DII)William & Mary A (UG)Virginia C (UG)122-5
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia ARowan12210
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AAlabama12210
Jack LewisMTSUVanderbilt B12210
Onycha LongHardingSouth Carolina12210
Diego Almaraz (UG)UNC C (UG)Liberty B (DII)12310
Vedang Singhal (DII)UNC D (DII)Virginia B (UG)124-5
Julian BushlowCornell CRIT A12510
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateMichigan State A12510
Aidan Jordan (DII)KenyonCedarville12510
Danny Han (UG)PennNYU B12510
Roan DowlingIowa ARice A12710
Jaime Salamanca CamachoImperial BDurham A12710
Matthew WangUBC AClaremont A12910
Aidan Casdin (UG)JMU A (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)13410
Emmett ChungStanford CBerkeley B13510
Cade ReinbergerRIT BBinghamton13510
Jacky XuCornell BCornell A13510
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)William & Mary A (UG)13510
Brian Lai (DII)Virginia B (UG)UNC D (DII)13510
Cormac BeirneSorbonneTexas A13510
Jake RobertsDurham BOxford B13510
Oliver HargraveOxford AWarwick13510