Question

In 2017, this state enacted an emergency order to permit a festival event in which people compete to slow a bull by hanging from its hump. The western part of this state may actually be the fourth-biggest asteroid crater in the world. This is the largest state that contains Auroville, an experimental community based around the Matrimandir (MAH-tri-MUHN-”deer”), a giant gold sphere. This state contains the southernmost part of the Coromandel coast and the Eastern (*) Ghats, and it surrounds the union territory of Puducherry. This (-5[1])state's Rameswaram (RAH-”mace”-wuh-ruhm) Island is the northern terminus of Adam's Bridge. Many centers (10[1])of bharatanatyam (BUH-rut-NAHT-yum) performance are based in this state's capital of Chennai. For 10 points, the major ethnic group of which (10[1])southeasternmost Indian state is also the largest minority group in (10[1])Sri Lanka? ■END■

ANSWER: Tamil Nadu (The asteroid crater is the Kaveri Crater.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Adam Silvermannats is supposed to mean you all have gone softOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry84-5
Michal GerasimiukUG Championship Players (and Mazin)Columbia B9710
Kevin Wangmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again11810
Isaac Kirk-DavidoffOlmo (Bonus) Bagelrynats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft12810

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2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%0%33%96.00
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