Question

Douglas J. Penick’s retelling The Oceans of Cruelty loosely translates a story cycle from this country whose frame story involves a “corpse-spirit.” (10[1])In a story written in this modern-day country, a crab snaps the neck of a heron when he realizes the bird has been eating his fish friends instead of transporting them to a new pond. (10[1])A collection (10[1])written (10[1])in this modern-day country includes a frame story about educating three dim-witted (10[1])princes and is titled for its five-part (10[1])structure. (10[1])That collection (10[3])of (10[1])2nd-century BCE (-5[2])animal fables from (10[1])this (10[1])country includes a tale (10[1])that (10[2])inspired a (10[1])19th-century story in which the title mongoose (10[1])defends (10[1])an (10[1])English family (10[6]-5[1])from (10[1])two (10[3]-5[1])cobras. (10[8])For 10 points, (10[2])what (10[1])modern-day country (10[2])is the setting of the (10[2])Panchatantra (10[2])and (10[1])Rudyard (10[1])Kipling’s story (10[2])“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”? (10[2])■END■ (10[5]0[1])

ANSWER: India [or Bhārat; or Republic of India; or Bhārat Gaṇarājya; or Hindustan] (The collection in the first clue is the Vetala Panchavimshati, which are commonly known as the tales of Vikram and Betal.)
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Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%106.67
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%122.67
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%111.17
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%95.83
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%115.67
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%109.20
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%96.60
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%111.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%91.75
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%0%101.20
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%13%91.63
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%111.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vikshar AthreyaRutgers AGeorge Washington A2110
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech DBruin A5610
Arya KarthikOxford ASouthampton A5810
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech A5910
Jakob MyersIndiana AIndiana B7110
Ved MuthusamyNorthwestern BNotre Dame B7810
Christopher JosephNotre Dame CNorthwestern A7910
Annabelle YangWashU AMissoui S&T8110
Arjun NageswaranHarvard ABrandeis A8110
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BYale A8110
Samarth RamChicago CIllinois C8210
Andrew WangIllinois AChicago A84-5
Michael SunBrandeis BHarvard B84-5
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AMaryland B8710
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley BUC Berkeley A8810
Eshan PantNYU AColumbia B9210
Michał GerasimiukStanford BNotre Dame A9310
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge ACambridge E9310
Andrei HuiCambridge BWarwick B9510
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BCarleton10210
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell DBinghamton A10310
Isaac MammelMaryland AJohn Jay College10410
Orion KellerVirginia Tech ADuke10610
Neal JoshiWashU BMissouri10610
Cole HartungGeorgetown AIowa10610
Davis JohnsonPurdueGeorgetown B106-5
Andy HuffLSEOxford C10610
Matt SheldonOxford BDurham10610
Cade ReinbergerRIT AESF A10610
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerASUTAMU10710
Arjun KalaIllinois BChicago D10810
Nathan SheffieldMIT ATufts A10810
Kai MadgwickManchesterSouthampton B10810
Zachary LeblangPenn BGeorge Washington B108-5
Terrence HanUCLAUCSD10910
Miller DoerrLiberty BUNC B10910
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaVirginia A10910
Aidan JonesLiberty AWake Forest10910
Eren MicheletBUUMass Boston10910
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick ACambridge C10910
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CImperial A10910
Derek ChenColumbia CHaverford A10910
Diego AlmarazUNC CLiberty C11210
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins AVassar A11210
Sam HuttonCambridge DBristol11310
Owen GilroyTexas BTexas A11510
Andrew FisherSheffieldImperial B11510
Juan LandaetaFlorida State AFlorida A12010
Henry BonWinona StateWisconsin B12010
Raj DoshiUCF BUCF C12110
Alex JiangBrown ADartmouth A12110
Chris YooWilliam & MaryUNC D12210
Kevin ParkClaremont AClaremont B12310
Conor ThompsonIowa StateWisconsin A12510
Kevin PengCornell CRIT B12510
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt ATennessee A12610
Harris BecknerAlabama ALouisville A12610
Clete ReinbergerValencia AFlorida B1270
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BValencia A12710
Ned TagtmeierChicago AIllinois A12710
Jerry ZhangHarvard BBrandeis B12710
Meggy ManiGeorgetown BPurdue12710
Taaj RaiGeorge Washington BPenn B12710