Question
In a film from this country, a disguised princess and a general move hidden gold in hollow logs. That film served as inspiration for George Lucas when writing Star Wars. While exploring an abandoned amusement park, a protagonist from this country finds her parents transformed into pigs and is forced to work at a bathhouse attended by spirits. This country is the setting of the film The Hidden Fortress and another film that ends with a shot of four swords sticking out of funeral mounds of the title group of warriors that were hired to defend a town from bandits. For 10 points, name this home country of Hayao Miyazaki and Akira Kurosawa, who directed Seven Samurai. ■END■
ANSWER: Japan [or Nippon-koku; or Nihon-koku] (The film in the third sentence is Spirited Away.)
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= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Ben Rotko (UG) | Swarthmore B | Maryland | 29 | 10 |
Miles Jaffee (DII) | Lehigh | Columbia A | 29 | -5 |
Lucas Shedlock (DII) | Princeton | NYU C | 33 | 10 |
Jasmine Bao (UG) | Swarthmore A | University of Delaware B | 51 | 10 |
Nat Ku | NYU B | Penn | 53 | 10 |
Geoffrey Wu (UG) | Columbia A | Lehigh | 117 | 10 |