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Question

A golden one of these objects named for Victory features a depiction of Vishnu riding Garuda. A lake was renamed after being the site where one of these objects was retrieved by the golden-shelled (10[1])Kim Quy to return (10[1])to the Dragon King. (10[3]-5[1])A deity attains one of these objects (10[1])after getting an enemy (10[1])drunk (10[1])on eight barrels (10[1])of sake (10[2])placed (10[1])near eight (10[1])gates. (10[5]-5[1])The legendary (10[4])king Lê Lợi (10[1])owns one of (10[1])these (10[1])objects called (10[2])Heaven’s Will. (10[4])The tail (10[1])of (10[1])Yamata (10[2])no Orochi (10[4])contained one of these objects (10[1])discovered by Susano’o (10[4]-5[1])named Kusanagi. (10[8])For 10 points, (10[3])name these weapons (10[1])that include (10[1])Muramasa’s (10[3])legendarily (10[2])cursed (10[1])katanas. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: swords [accept katanas until read]

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Summary


Southern California	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	67.00
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	13	100%	0%	8%	77.85
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	85.25
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	72.60
Upper Midwest	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	0%	68.80
North	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	82.00
South Central	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	76.25
Southeast	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	25%	79.63
UK	Main	Y	3	100%	0%	0%	85.00

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Kunaal Chandrashekar	Toronto A	Guelph A	33	10
Kevin Le	Carleton	McGill B	37	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UCSB	USC	41	10
Yihong Chen	Toronto C	Ottawa	41	10
Jisoo Yoo	Texas B	Northwestern A	41	10
Kaushul Manikandan	Huntsville A	Alabama A	41	-5
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Purdue C	48	10
Brodie Henry	Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	52	10
Biyang Zhang	Michigan B	Illinois A	53	10
Evan Gniadek	Purdue A	Notre Dame D	56	10
John McQueen	South Carolina B	Clemson B	58	10
Kaiwen Xiao	UCLA B	Claremont Scripps	58	10
Karthik Jayaram	UCLA A	Claremont Pitzer	59	10
Jack Lewis	Bruin A	Georgia Tech C	61	10
Sasha Tripathi	Chicago C	Louisville B	62	10
Ethan Ma	Illinois B	Michigan D	62	10
Bryan Ugaz	Arizona State A	UCO	62	10
Davin Sivertson	Alabama B	Auburn B	62	-5
William Groger	Princeton A	Rutgers B	62	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers C	Lehigh B	62	10
Terrence Han	UCLA D	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	64	10
Chase Barrick	Lehigh A	Columbia B	64	10
Foster Hughes	Minnesota A	Macalester B	64	10
Aditya Rajesh	Northwestern B	McGill D	64	10
S. A. Shenoy	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	67	10
Ezra Santos	Chicago A	Kentucky	70	10
Jim Fan	North Carolina A	NC State	71	10
Joey Sun	Toronto B	McGill A	73	10
Elizabeth Megson	Tulsa	Arizona State B	73	10
Beckett Gilmore	Louisville A	Notre Dame A	75	10
Adil Soubki	Cambridge D	Oxford B	75	10
Rahul Rao-Pothuraju	Rowan A	Columbia A	75	10
Isaac Studley	Carleton	Nebraska	75	10
Nermeen Rahman	Indiana B	Notre Dame C	77	10
Ishan Joshi	Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto G	78	10
Matthew He	Texas A	Alberta B	79	10
Swapneel Mandal	UAB A	Sewanee A	79	10
Nameer Qadir	Toronto D	McMaster A	81	10
Victor Xu	Toronto H	Toronto K	81	10
Gavin Markoff	Vanderbilt A	Vanderbilt B	81	10
Ishan Ramesh	Illinois C	Chicago D	81	10
Thomas Watkins	South Carolina A	Liberty B	86	10
Ian Theysmeyer	Queen's A	McGill C	89	-5
Jonathan Sung	Virginia B	James Madison	89	10
Abdelrahman Elsisi	Sheffield A	Southampton B	89	10
Rahul Jogadhenu	UCLA C	UCI	89	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	Macalester A	89	10
Aiden Shields	Clemson A	Liberty C	91	10
Fish Tsai	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCSD Vices and Virtues	91	10
Cate Brunt	Queen's B	Western Ontario	91	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin	Minnesota C	91	10
Aisling Skeet	Durham A	Warwick A	91	10
Joshua Iyo "	North Carolina C	Virginia Tech A	91	10
Anuk Dias	Minnesota B	St. Thomas	91	10
Young Fenimore Lee	Ohio	Iowa	91	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster B	Guelph B	94	10
Nick Smemoe	North Carolina B	Liberty A	94	10
Veer Vanmali	Mississippi State A	Huntsville B	94	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo	Toronto E	97	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Huntsville A	99	10
Nihal Anand	UTD A	Rose State	100	10
Jeremy Mau	Northwestern C	UTD B	100	10
Gavin Chen	Vassar A	Columbia C	100	10
Michael Xu	McMaster C	Toronto I	101	10
Jason Panusopone	Toronto J	Toronto F	101	10
Malachi Ledford	Tusculum	Virginia Tech B	102	10
Luke Sloan	McGill C	Queen's A	104	10
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Alabama B	104	10
Adam Hermann	Notre Dame B	Chicago B	104	10

Southern California

Main

100%

67.00

Eastern Canada

Main

100%

77.85

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

85.25

Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)

Main

100%

72.60

Upper Midwest

Main

100%

68.80

North

Main

100%

82.00

South Central

Main

100%

76.25

Southeast

Main

100%

25%

79.63

Main

100%

85.00

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Kunaal Chandrashekar

Toronto A

Guelph A

Kevin Le

Carleton

McGill B

Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran

UCSB

USC

Yihong Chen

Toronto C

Ottawa

Jisoo Yoo

Texas B

Northwestern A

Kaushul Manikandan

Huntsville A

Alabama A

-5

Reed Sexton

Michigan C

Purdue C

Brodie Henry

Auburn A

Georgia Tech A

Biyang Zhang

Michigan B

Illinois A

Evan Gniadek

Purdue A

Notre Dame D

John McQueen

South Carolina B

Clemson B

Kaiwen Xiao

UCLA B

Claremont Scripps

Karthik Jayaram

UCLA A

Claremont Pitzer

Jack Lewis

Bruin A

Georgia Tech C

Sasha Tripathi

Chicago C

Louisville B

Ethan Ma

Illinois B

Michigan D

Bryan Ugaz

Arizona State A

UCO

Davin Sivertson

Alabama B

Auburn B

-5

William Groger

Princeton A

Rutgers B

Aarav Vasanthan

Rutgers C

Lehigh B

Terrence Han

UCLA D

UCSD What Hath God Wrought

Chase Barrick

Lehigh A

Columbia B

Foster Hughes

Minnesota A

Macalester B

Aditya Rajesh

Northwestern B

McGill D

S. A. Shenoy

Georgia Tech B

Georgia Tech D

Ezra Santos

Chicago A

Kentucky

Jim Fan

North Carolina A

NC State

Joey Sun

Toronto B

McGill A

Elizabeth Megson

Tulsa

Arizona State B

Beckett Gilmore

Louisville A

Notre Dame A

Adil Soubki

Cambridge D

Oxford B

Rahul Rao-Pothuraju

Rowan A

Columbia A

Isaac Studley

Carleton

Nebraska

Nermeen Rahman

Indiana B

Notre Dame C

Ishan Joshi

Toronto Metropolitan

Toronto G

Matthew He

Texas A

Alberta B

Swapneel Mandal

UAB A

Sewanee A

Nameer Qadir

Toronto D

McMaster A

Victor Xu

Toronto H

Toronto K

Gavin Markoff

Vanderbilt A

Vanderbilt B

Ishan Ramesh

Illinois C

Chicago D

Thomas Watkins

South Carolina A

Liberty B

Ian Theysmeyer

Queen's A

McGill C

-5

Jonathan Sung

Virginia B

James Madison

Abdelrahman Elsisi

Sheffield A

Southampton B

Rahul Jogadhenu

UCLA C

UCI

Drew Wetterlind

Iowa State

Macalester A

Aiden Shields

Clemson A

Liberty C

Fish Tsai

UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms

UCSD Vices and Virtues

Cate Brunt

Queen's B

Western Ontario

Ian Saylor

Wisconsin

Minnesota C

Aisling Skeet

Durham A

Warwick A

Joshua Iyo "

North Carolina C

Virginia Tech A

Anuk Dias

Minnesota B

St. Thomas

Young Fenimore Lee

Ohio

Iowa

Adithya Parat

McMaster B

Guelph B

Nick Smemoe

North Carolina B

Liberty A

Veer Vanmali

Mississippi State A

Huntsville B

Gavin Ge

Waterloo

Toronto E

Britton Webster

Alabama A

Huntsville A

Nihal Anand

UTD A

Rose State

100

Jeremy Mau

Northwestern C

UTD B

100

Gavin Chen

Vassar A

Columbia C

100

Michael Xu

McMaster C

Toronto I

101

Jason Panusopone

Toronto J

Toronto F

101

Malachi Ledford

Tusculum

Virginia Tech B

102

Luke Sloan

McGill C

Queen's A

104

Coy Mier

Auburn B

Alabama B

104

Adam Hermann

Notre Dame B

Chicago B

104