Question

In one narrative, a case where a person with this occupation called Liǎorán kills a sex worker during an argument was allegedly solved by the scholar-official Shì (“SOO-shurr”)​​. A character who gets drunk and smashes guardian statues on Mount Wǔtái is nicknamed for having this occupation and being tattooed with flowers. A character with this occupation gives another character headaches by using a spell to tighten their (*) headband. (10[1])After (10[1])freeing a companion (10[1])from under a mountain, a person with this occupation is guarded by Sandy, a pig, and the Monkey King while travelling to India to obtain certain texts. For 10 points, name this occupation of ​​Lǔ Zhìshēn (“zhurr-SHEN”) from The Water Margin and Xuánzàng ("shwen-dzung") from Journey to the West, the latter of whom gathers Buddhist sutras. ■END■

ANSWER: Buddhist monks [or monastics or héshàng or sēngrén or shāmén or chūjiārén or bhikkhu or bhikṣu or śramaṇa; accept priest or the Flowery Monk or Huā Héshàng; do NOT accept Daoist priest]
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rob CarsonBHSUPalestrina Sawayama6710
Urbas EkkaJeff Weiner Fan ClubWeird Klaus Barbie6810
Chinmay KansaradoubleplusnegfiveOur Job is Buzz7110

Summary

2023 UMN COOT08/19/2023Y3100%0%0%68.67