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When a rival threatened to turn this ruler’s father into soup, this ruler replied “don’t forget to give me a bowl of broth.” After crushing rebels, this ruler wrote a three-stanza poem that asks “will fierce warriors guard the four corners?” (10[1])after starting “the mighty wind blows, scattering the clouds.” (10[1]-5[1])According to legend, an old woman turned to blue smoke in front of this ruler after he beheaded a white snake, foreshadowing his reign. (-5[1])One of this ruler’s generals, who was originally (10[1])a butcher skilled in preparing dog meat, was Fán Kuài. (-5[1])After this ruler lost the Battle of Báidēng (-5[1])(“bye-dung”), he began a marriage alliance system called héqīn (10[1]-5[1])(“huh-cheen”). A rival (-5[1])of (-5[1])this ruler tried to assassinate him during a sword (-5[1])dance (-5[1])at the Feast of Hóng (-5[1])Gate. This rival of Xiàng (10[1])(“shyahng eww”) rose from supervising the transport of prisoners in Pèi (“pay”) County to winning a “Contention” against the state of Chǔ. For 10 points, name this peasant (10[1])who founded the Hàn (10[2])Dynasty. (10[3])■END■ (10[4]0[10])

ANSWER: Liú Bāng [or Emperor Gāozǔ of Hàn; or Hàn Gāozǔ or Han Kao-tzu; or Gāodì or Gāo Huángdì; or Liu Pang; prompt on Liú]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AChicago B4010
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BPurdue A49-5
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL ADuke A4910
Ryan SunUC Berkeley ATexas A73-5
Matt JacksonChicago AFlorida A8110
Nikhil ChellamNorthwestern AMinnesota A91-5
Richard NiuCornell BColumbia A99-5
Jason HongBrown AOhio State A107-5
Jonathan TranCornell AYale A10710
Alan WuRutgers BImperial A109-5
James StevensonMichigan AJohns Hopkins A110-5
Ricky LiMIT ANorth Carolina A119-5
Sky LiToronto AChicago C120-5
Aiden DartleyRutgers ASouth Carolina A125-5
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BWUSTL B13110
Max BrodskyIllinois AVirginia A15610
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AClaremont A16010
Caleb KendrickMaryland AStanford A16010
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia ACornell B16110
Arjun NageswaranHarvard AIndiana A16110
Jim FanNorth Carolina AMIT A16110
Conor ThompsonIowa State AMcGill A1620
Cormac BeirneMcGill AIowa State A1620
Halle FriedmanNYU AHouston A1620
John BroussardHouston ANYU A1620
Alex SchmidtPenn State AYale B16210
Henry CafaroChicago CToronto A1620
Chris RayOhio State ABrown A16210
Enoch YuenImperial ARutgers B16210
Puna EkkaMinnesota BUC Berkeley B1620
Kevin YeUC Berkeley BMinnesota B1620
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AMichigan A1620
Quynh PhungPurdue AFlorida B16210
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AColumbia B1620
Albert ZhangColumbia BVanderbilt A1620