Question

Description acceptable. Stefan Thomke’s extensive research on people performing this job connects a misleading statistic about them to a 1999 Six Sigma certification by Forbes. A code similar to RFID developed for this job appears in a Hub and Spoke system with a central number representing a destination train station like Churchgate. In one city, the majority of performers of this job are still members of the Warkari (“var-kar-ee”) movement from Pune (“POO-nuh”) who would travel to the Ballard Pier for work. A man with this job relays letters between a widowed accountant and a lonely wife in a 2013 (-5[1])film directed by Ritesh Batra. People with this job have a uniform consisting of a white kurta and topi. People with this job travel to Nariman Point or Colaba via train or bicycle before returning boxes to customers’ homes. For 10 points, Mumbai’s dabbawalas (“duh-BAH-wah-luhz”) perform what job that involves carrying tiffin boxes? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: food delivery [or word forms such as delivering food; accept meals or lunch in place of food; accept lunch dabbawalas or tiffin wallahs until “dabbawalas” is read; prompt on delivery or synonyms by asking “of what?”; reject “grocery delivery”] (The film is The Lunchbox.)
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= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt JacksonChicago AGeorgia Tech A97-5
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AChicago A15010

Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y1100%0%100%150.00