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Linnaeus’s weak grasp of mythology led him to give one of these birds the genus name Antigone. Invasive Mimosa plants threaten the wattled species of these birds, which flies from the Kafue (“kuh-FOO-eh”) Flats to the Bale (“bah-lay”) Mountains. Patuxent (“puh-TUCK-sint”) Wildlife Center led the first ever artificial insemination program for an endangered species in these (-5[1])birds, whose 15 species at their International Foundation in Baraboo (10[1])include (10[1])a blue totem of Xhosa (“KOH-suh”) warriors. Marie Antoinette named the demoiselle (“duh-mwah-ZELL”) species of these birds, whose (10[1])mort d’amour (“mor dah-MOOR”) led Vālmīki to invent shloka verse. (10[1]-5[1])The Siberian species of these birds (10[2]-5[1])winters at the shrinking Póyáng Lake. Korea’s DMZ protects one of these birds that represents Japan Air. Uganda’s flag (-5[1])features (-5[1])their grey (10[1]-5[2])crowned (-5[2])species. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, Nebraska hosts (-5[2])the sandhill and whooping (10[1])species (10[3])of what birds (10[2])that symbolize longevity in origami? (10[2])■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: cranes [or Gruidae; accept Grus or Balearica; accept whooping cranes, sandhill cranes, grey crowned cranes, red-crowned cranes, sarus cranes, or other specific species; accept dāndǐng , tanchōzuru, zuru, or durumi; accept International Crane Foundation; prompt on Gruiformes or Grues]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew WangIllinoisToronto A52-5
Donal RyanTruman StateNorth Carolina B6210
Jakob MyersIndianaColumbia A6310
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia TechJohns Hopkins7910
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganBrown87-5
Adam FineChicago AStanford8710
Raymond WangCornell APurdue93-5
Jem BurchYale BColumbia B9310
Chinmay MurthyTexasWUSTL A9310
Ben WeinerMinnesota AWaterloo112-5
Yared TadesseCornell BVanderbilt113-5
Max HodesChicago CChicago D115-5
Joseph ChambersVirginiaClaremont Colleges115-5
Kushal AluruRutgersArizona State11510
Amith PunyalaWUSTL BPenn116-5
Jake GreerHarvardSouth Carolina116-5
Ashish SubramanianDukeFlorida11710
Nicholas TunksMinnesota BKentucky117-5
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BMcGill11710
Andrew MinagarYale ANorthwestern122-5
John MarvinChicago BNorth Carolina A122-5
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto BOttawa12610
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley AMaryland12710
Conor ThompsonIowa StateNYU12710
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AChicago B12710
Jared HeWaterlooMinnesota A13010
Andrew HannaPennWUSTL B13010
Aidan FeinVanderbiltCornell B13510
Eylon CaplanPurdueCornell A13510
Nikhil ChellamNorthwesternYale A13610
William HoustonChicago DChicago C13610
Sean JacksonSouth CarolinaHarvard13610
Kunaal ChandrashekarToronto AIllinois13610
Megan WangBrownMichigan13610
Cory SmithKentuckyMinnesota B13610
Akshay SeetharamClaremont CollegesVirginia13610