Question

The lunar month of this number includes the “Old” form of a festival where fires are lit at house entrances in mukae-bon (“MOO-kah-ay-bone”). In Japan, it is customary to eat rice porridge with this many herbs on this number’s day in January. Ebisu and Daikoku (15[1])are part of a group (15[1]-5[1])of this number (15[2])of lucky (15[1])gods venerated (15[1]-5[1])in Japan. (15[5]-5[1])The lunar month of this number (-5[1])is the traditional time for Getai performances and the Obon festival. (15[1])The lunar month of this number (-5[1])contains the birthday of (*) Di Guan Da Di, one of the “Three Officials” linked with a celebration on its fifteenth day. (-5[1])The Zhongyuan (“ZHOE’ng-wahn”) or Yulanpen festival occurs in the lunar month of this (10[1])number, (-5[1])the (-5[1])month of ghosts. Many cultures consider the Pleiades (10[1]-5[1])a group (10[2])of this (10[1])many (10[2])sisters. (10[2]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, (-5[1])name this luckiest number (10[1])in American (10[1])culture. (10[3])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: seven [or 7; accept qī; accept shichi or nana]
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Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%100%140.00
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%50%50%90.50
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%25%25%110.25
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%60%20%84.00
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%50%133.00
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%67%33%81.67
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%50%0%99.00
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%38%38%103.50
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%0%0%125.50

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Thomas TibbettsUCFUF B4315
Trenton BurgessIndiana BNotre Dame B48-5
Andrew WangIllinois APurdue4815
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BChicago A5115
Sinecio MoralesJHU AJHU B5115
Oliver HargraveSee itSorted5315
Daniel KimMarylandNYU A55-5
Zaid AsifNYU BColumbia5515
Daniel LianMichigan BOhio State A5715
Alex AkridgeIndiana ANotre Dame A5715
James McCurleyHarvard BMIT5715
Andre WongLSESay it57-5
Ben Russel JonesFour Times I Have Despised My SoulOxford School for Quizness5715
Kai MadgwickGressenheller ALimp Chriskit5715
Jim FanUNC BRIT A63-5
Todd MaslykMichigan AOhio State B7415
Koji BilbaoDuke AUNC C80-5
Vincent DuUNC AVirginia Tech A101-5
Justin Lee3HK1MMThe Crying of Team 4911310
Khanh NguyenUF AUF C114-5
Kevin ZhengYale BBU115-5
Kennedy GallaherNotre Dame CMinnesota123-5
Athena ShaddenTexas ATexas B12310
Coby TranChicago BIllinois C12510
Michael KearneyHarvard ATufts12510
Swapnil GargBerkeley ABerkeley B12710
Charles HangWUSTLNorthwestern A12810
William GoldenHoustonTAMU12810
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley CStanford129-5
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State CMichigan State12910
Christopher DechBrandeisYale A12910
Gangrade AdityaBUYale B13010
Logan MathisSIUENorthwestern B132-5
David NeimanCarnegie MellonPittsburgh13610
Graham CopeUF CUF A13810
Michal GerasimiukStanfordBerkeley C13910
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame BIndiana B13910
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU AMaryland13910
Joel MilesMinnesotaNotre Dame C14010
Stephen WalshNorthwestern BSIUE14010
Delia CropperSay itLSE14010
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AUNC A14010
Cade ReinbergerRIT AUNC B14010
Jeffery AustinUNC CDuke A14010