Question

A king in this work brings rain back to his kingdom by sending women aboard a boat disguised as a hermitage to seduce a perfectly chaste man who had been born with the horns of a deer. A villainous character in this work refuses to step on a floor that he thinks is a pool, and is then (15[2])mocked by the protagonists after he steps into a pool that he thinks is a floor. In this work, only seven creatures survive (15[1])after a fire god disguised as a hungry beggar successfully persuades a warrior to burn down the (*) Khandava Forest. After a king in this work completes the Rajasuya sacrifice, his cousins become so jealous that they invite him (10[1])for a game of dice, (10[1])which is won (10[1])by the crooked uncle Shakuni. For 10 points, what epic attributed to Vyasa depicts the war between the Kauravas and the Pandavas? ■END■

ANSWER: (the) Mahabharata
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eric MukherjeeAmartya Senpai Notice MeMojo Shojo5715
Shourjo GanguliOSUMaryland B-5715
Matt JacksonChicago AChicago B+8015
Ashvin SrivatsaEpic GamesIllinois A+11810
Nikhil ChellamNorthwesternMichigan12310
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTLPurdue12610

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%50%0%93.50
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%67%0%86.33
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y1100%100%0%54.00