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Depictions of these things containing thousand-spoke wheels were inspired by the Buddha’s second discourse. According to legend, King Vaḷagambā (“VUH-luh-gum-bah”) discovered one of these things that is surrounded by jewels. Examples of these things from Acahualinca (“ah-kah-hwah-LEEN-kah”) in Nicaragua and Laetoli south of the Olduvai Gorge are preserved (0[1])in (0[1])volcanic (0[1])ash. (0[5])In the Ramayana, Ravana lives atop a mountain whose peak (0[1])has one of these things left by Shiva, the Buddha, (0[2])or Adam and is called Sri (*) Pada. (10[1])Ichnites are fossils that contain these things in trackways (0[1])and depict their (10[1])ridge patterns. Because of wet (0[1])cement trails, (0[1])these things (10[1])from celebrities (10[2]0[1])are less common (10[2]0[1])outside (10[1])of Grauman’s (10[1])Chinese Theater (10[1])than (0[1])similar (0[2])ones (0[1])from hands. For 10 points, (10[3])individual (10[1])productions of greenhouse gases are called a “carbon” example (10[3])of what things? (10[5])■END■ (10[13])

ANSWER: footprints [accept footsteps; accept shoeprints; accept pada or buddhapada or Sri Pada until “Sri Pada”; accept digital footprint; accept paw print or hoof print; prompt on foot or feet; prompt on steps; prompt on prints; prompt on tracks or trace]
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Kritanu SahaMercer CountyStevenson B450
Colin StewartBarrington ADunbar460
Deven HagenThomas Jefferson AWoodland470
Adhav RavikumarInnovation Academy ASt. Mark's480
Arthur GaydenDetroit Country DayParkway West480
Ave RiegerNorthmont ARichard Montgomery480
Ryan ZhangThomas Jefferson BWashington480
Suhit DamaniInnovation Academy BTroy480
Hari VeginatiStevenson AMoberly580
Rohan DalalJohns Creek BDallas County680
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AHunter A680
Ali HamzehKinkaidChoate Rosemary Hall7510
Pablo HuBelmontCanyon Crest840
Huan LinRockford Auburn AMaggie Walker A8710
Samarth RamPlymouthThomas Jefferson C920
Sam KonkelJohns Creek AWinnebago940
Matthew LiuChattahoochee AWest Point9610
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianWinston Churchill B9810
Anvith VanukuriWilliam FremdHunter B9810
Bridget ScrantonNorthmont BWalter Payton980
Arjun KalaUniversity LabHeights1010
Kaushik GollamudiBarrington BNorman10110
Puna EkkaNew BrightonElkhorn North10110
Andy YuWinston Churchill ARockford Auburn B10210
Sean LeeChattahoochee BDetroit Catholic Central C10410
Max KoldaJohn Adams ANorris10610
Caleb LeeLincoln-Way EastMexico1070
Dillon RobertsonCarbondaleMidtown1080
Waverly O'MalleyCarl SandburgMaggie Walker C1080
Aatreyo BhattacharyyaMira LomaThomas Jefferson D1090
Devesh KumarMaggie Walker BSolon11410
Aiden DombroskyHoover BSaint Joseph11410
Hayden LeyWashingtonThomas Jefferson B11410
Adam HartzJohn Adams BDetroit Catholic Central B11510
Jacob BartaDetroit Catholic Central ABelvidere12410
Catelyn RobertsMoberlyStevenson A12410
Braden BoothDallas CountyJohns Creek B12410
Chakri GudlavalletiDunbarBarrington A12710
Atharva UpadhyeWaukeeHinsdale Central12710
Sam AsplundWinnebagoJohns Creek A12710
Joshua FanRichard MontgomeryNorthmont A12710
Dylan ReidMexicoLincoln-Way East12710
Yaj JhajhriaCanyon CrestBelmont12810
Charles HeydtMidtownCarbondale12810
Ian LuHunter AIrvington A12810
Aditya ShivaswamySt. Mark'sInnovation Academy A12810
Matias RoaWalter PaytonNorthmont B12810
Liam ReedMaggie Walker CCarl Sandburg12810
Sanjay RanjithThomas Jefferson DMira Loma12810
Anthony ZhaoThomas Jefferson CPlymouth12810
Yashwanth BajjiTroyInnovation Academy B12810
Brian O'ConnellWoodlandThomas Jefferson A12810
Faith GrahmannHeightsUniversity Lab12810
Jason JacobStevenson BMercer County12810
Owen ArnesonParkway WestDetroit Country Day12810