Question

One of these beings has a dream in which a man rises into the heavens while another of these beings rides a donkey and falls into a pile of dung. Karna uses the Vasavi Shakti against a figure whose mother was one of these beings; (10[1])that figure grows in size as he dies and crushes an entire unit of the Kaurava army. (10[1])In a duel, (10[1])one of these beings becomes (-5[1])invisible and uses a trap (10[1])of a million snakes against his opponent. (10[1])One of these beings (-5[1])defeats the vulture (10[1])king Jatayu (10[2]-5[1])(“juh-TAH-yoo”) and clips his wings. (10[1]-5[1])In an (-5[1])epic, (10[1])an army of (-5[1])monkeys and bears (10[1])hurl stones (10[1]-5[1])to build a bridge (-5[1])to these beings’ domain. (10[4]-5[2])One of these (10[1])beings transforms into a golden deer so that their king can abduct Rama’s (10[1])wife (10[1])Sita. (-5[1])For (-5[1])10 points, (-5[2])name these demon-like beings (10[1])who reside in Lanka and are led (-5[1])by Ravana. (10[1]0[1])■END■ (10[5]0[5])

ANSWER: rakshasas (“ROCK-shuh-suhs”) [or rāksasas; or rakkhasas; accept asuras; prompt on demons until read] (The first three lines refer to Trijāta, Ghatotkacha, and Indrajit.)
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y633%0%33%123.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y667%0%33%93.00
Northeast2025-02-01Y475%0%25%105.33
Overflow2025-02-01Y450%0%25%82.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%130.50
UK2025-02-01Y1080%0%50%121.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y771%0%43%102.40

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vikshar AthreyaRutgers AColumbia C4410
Matt SchiavoneNorthwestern AIowa6110
Shiv SeshanCambridge BManchester6410
Ved MuthusamyNorthwestern BNotre Dame A69-5
Matt SheldonOxford BSouthampton A7410
Adam FineChicago AIndiana A8110
Sanika IyerIndiana BMissoui S&T85-5
Annabelle YangWashU AMissouri8810
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BIllinois A9010
Ezra SantosChicago BWashU B90-5
James McCurleyHarvard BTufts A9010
Orion KellerVirginia Tech AWake Forest94-5
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins AHaverford A9410
Michael SunBrandeis BBrown A96-5
Jon SuhHarvard AMIT A9710
Andre WongLSECambridge A100-5
Michał GerasimiukStanford BPurdue10310
Matthew WangUBCUW B105-5
Arya KarthikOxford AImperial A10510
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AMaryland A109-5
Sriram KoritalaIllinois CChicago D11310
Anya SrinivasanUW AAlberta11310
Hamish CampbellDurhamOxford C113-5
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BVassar A11310
William GrogerColumbia BMaryland B113-5
Vedh RameshPenn BNYU A11310
Vedang SinghalUNC CLiberty A11610
Nikhil NairBUUMass Boston12910
Joseph ChambersVirginia AUNC B13010
Adsayan GaneshWarwick ACambridge D131-5
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CImperial B132-5
Ivan StanisavljevicDukeLiberty C134-5
Michael WuSouthampton BBristol134-5
Joshua BobinImperial BNYU C13810
Jem BurchYale ACornell B145-5
Megan WangBrown ABrandeis B1470
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge ALSE14710
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaWilliam & Mary1480
Samuel MillerLiberty BUNC D1480
Chris YooWilliam & MarySouth Carolina1480
Jonah HubertNotre Dame BGeorgetown B1480
Simarya AhujaUW BUBC14810
Paritosh PurohitBristolSouthampton B14810
Alex BakerCambridge CSheffield14810
Lewis StrachanCambridge EWarwick B14810
Benjamin LiuOxford CDurham1480
Isaac MammelMaryland APenn A14810