Question

An advisor of this polity disfigured himself by cracking his “canine teeth” to assuage his mother’s concerns about his apparently destined kingship. That advisor utilized his ability to turn one gold coin into eight to create a hoard that would fund a coup against this polity’s predecessor. A pragmatic treatise written in this empire explores open, covert, and silent as the three kinds of war, and was written by a scholar from Taxila. (15[4])(*) Megasthenes (10[2])acted as an ambassador (10[2])to the court of this empire, (10[2])whose first ruler’s military contributions to a (-5[1])foreign ruler aided that ruler at Ipsus. (-5[1])After a ruler of this empire abdicated became a fasting Jain ascetic, the author of the Arthashastra, Chanakya, proceeded to advise Bindusara. For 10 points, the Nanda empire was (10[1])overthrown by what empire ruled by Chandragupta? (10[1]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: Maurya Empire [or the Mauryans; accept Chandragupta Maurya]
<MB, Ancient History>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y1100%100%0%72.00
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y1100%0%0%73.00
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y2100%100%0%72.00
2024 ARCADIA at GT2024-12-06Y4100%25%0%89.50
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick2024-12-06Y580%0%40%91.75

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vinu HariharStanfordBerkeley A7215
Eric ChenBerkeley PastBerkeley B7215
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicWaterloo Aspidistra7215
Pranav SrambikkalLambertInnovation Academy B7215
Liam StarnesChicago AIllinois Orange7310
Albert NyangLSE AWarwick B7310
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech DMilton7710
Shiv SeshanCambridge BImperial A7710
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech B8310
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge AImperial B8310
Cormac BeirneLSE BWarwick A90-5
Robert BallantyneBristolSouthampton97-5
Arjun NairInnovation Academy CMississippi State12610
Michael WuSouthamptonBristol1340
Robert CrawleyWarwick ALSE B13410