Question

This non-English language was used by Sharon Hopkins Rauenzahn to write a poem that notes “keys (hidden), open (locks, doors), tell secrets” and pleads “do not, I-beg-you, close them, yet.” An anonymous poem that directs the reader to “open spellbook” and outlines a sacrifice-based ritual is titled for a “Black” version of this language. This language looks like “checksummed line noise with a mission in life” according to Randal “merlyn” Schwarz, who co-founded a group of its (*) “mongers.” This language was created to fill (-5[1])a gap between “whipupitude” and “manipulexity” by the developer of the rn (“R-N”) client and the patch program. In 2019, its sixth version (10[1])was renamed “Raku.” “There’s more than one way to do it” is a slogan of, for 10 points, what programming language created (10[1])by Larry Wall, whose logo (10[1])is (10[1]0[2])a camel? ■END■

ANSWER: Perl [accept “Black Perl” or Perl Mongers or Perl 6; accept Raku before “Raku”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Iain CarpenterIllinois A+Epic Games83-5
BulkingtonMaryland B-OSU10510
Davis Everson-RoseEpic GamesIllinois A+12710
Andrew SalijNorthwesternMichigan13210
Mike BentleyAmartya Senpai Notice MeMojo Shojo1330
Adam FIneChicago AChicago B+13310
Alston BoydChicago B+Chicago A1330

Summary

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