Question

After seeing seven of his sons killed by his wife at one of these locations, Shantanu intervenes to save his eighth son, (10[1])Bhishma. Yama’s twin sister is a goddess who personifies one of these (10[1])locations, which is purified by Krishna after he kills the serpent Kaliya. A goddess of one of these locations rides the makara. To unblock seven of these locations, Indra destroys (10[1])99 forts of the serpent Vritra and kills him. Ash or semen left in one of these locations leads to the birth of Kartikeya. (10[1])One of these locations is said to emerge from Shiva’s matted hair and can be directly (10[1])accessed from 88 ghats in the city of Varanasi. For 10 points, name this type of location personified by Ganga. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: rivers [accept Ganges river or Yamuna river or Kalindi river; accept streams or tributaries or waterways; accept Ganga before read; prompt on general descriptions of bodies of water]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rohit Chintala (DII)Maryland B (DII)Rutgers B2110
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU A (UG)Fordham A3310
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Penn B (DII)6310
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BLehigh A (UG)8710
Vincent Zhang (DII)Penn A (DII)Rutgers A (UG)10310
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)Lehigh B (DII)12310
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Maryland A (DII)12410
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Princeton A (UG)1240
Sidhant Chaliha (DII)Princeton A (UG)Rowan A (DII)1240

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY1100%0%0%21.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY989%0%0%77.63
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%14%90.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1292%0%0%82.82
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY10100%0%0%100.20
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY888%0%0%79.14
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY989%0%22%65.63