Question

Note to players: description acceptable. Nakagane Masahira’s A Guide to World Customs features an illustration of an influential figure in this field staring at a fallen plum. Takano Choei’s “A Short Record of a Meeting with Misfortune” provides a history of this field, which he wrote about while arrested for criticizing the government’s handling of the Morrison Incident. The author of the essay On Farting, Hiraga Gennai, used principles from this field to develop the (*) Elekiter. This general field, much knowledge of which was gained from so-called “Red Heads,” (10[1])was (-5[1])the major subject of 1770s books traded on the island of Dejima due to bans on references (10[1])to “God.” Western science and technology were the primary (-5[1])subjects of, (10[1])for 10 points, what field (10[1])developed through contact (10[1])with the Netherlands? (-5[1])■END■

ANSWER: Dutch learning [or rangaku; accept science or technology before mentioned; accept Western learning before mentioned; accept physics or mechanics for a buzz on the first sentence, afterwords prompt on physics or mechanics or other fields like medicine by asking “What general field is this a part of?”]
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2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%0%110.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%0%109.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%67%130.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%33%122.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%0%100.67
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y3100%0%67%116.33
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y250%0%0%88.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) BagelryUG Championship Players (and Mazin)8810
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) Bagelrymeet the new weird, same as the old weird89-5
Adam Silvermannats is supposed to mean you all have gone softUG Championship Players (and Mazin)10610
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) BagelryWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again115-5
Arthur Delot-VilainWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainColumbia B11710
Adam Silvermannats is supposed to mean you all have gone softmeet the new weird, same as the old weird12210
Halle Friedmanmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdColumbia B12510
Michal GerasimiukUG Championship Players (and Mazin)Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again128-5
Michael Kearneynats is supposed to mean you all have gone softColumbia B13010
Kevin Wangmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry13110
Anson BernsWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainUG Championship Players (and Mazin)13110
Rahul KeyalWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry13510