Question

A popular card game inspired by the social position of these people involves three players bidding for this role, followed by the successful player facing a team of the other two. A museum in Dayi County, Sichuan was dedicated to Liú Wéncǎi (“when”-TSAI), an archetypal example of these people in lots of propaganda. (15[1])Along with “bad elements,” right-wingers, counterrevolutionaries, and rich peasants, (-5[1])these people round out the “Five Black Categories.” (15[1])The Hunan Report includes the quip that “Revolution is not a dinner party” to support violence against this (*) economic class. (10[2])In a movement known by the abbreviation “Tǔgǎi” that began during the 1930s, millions of these people were killed and their holdings (10[1])expropriated. For 10 points, Maoist China repeatedly purged what people who collect rents? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: landlords [or land owners or property owners or dìzhǔ; prompt on the rich or equivalents] (The card game is dou dizhu.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Davis Everson-RoseEpic GamesMaryland B-5115
Chris RayOSUNorthwestern60-5
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichiganChicago A6815
Athena KernMojo ShojoIllinois8810
Charles HangWUSTLChicago B8810
Will AlstonAmartya Senpai Notice MePurdue11010
Nikhil ChellamNorthwesternOSU12410

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%33%17%88.17
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%33%33%90.67
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%100%0%59.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%100%0%34.00
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%100%0%44.50
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%50%50%96.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%33%67%86.33