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A ritual at one of these places involves drawing a small amount of water each year and adding it to a mixture from all previous years. Propagandists claim that objects made of human skin found at these places are evidence that they practiced slavery. During a rain retreat, people may not leave these places unless explicitly invited by a host. A set of rules of conduct in these places termed “near-liberation,” which is recited on every new-moon and full-moon day, espouses a set of “defeats” that lead to immediate expulsion. Contemporary legends claim that a “wall-gazing” inhabitant (10[1])of one of these places (-5[1])introduced physical training and martial arts. The Shàolín Temple (10[2]-5[1])is famous as, (-5[1])for 10 points, (10[3])what kind of place where (10[1])renunciates become bhikkhus and don saffron-color robes? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Buddhist monastery [accept vihāra or wat or gompa or kyaung or tera or Chǒl; accept Theravada monastery or Zen monastery or Tibetan Buddhist monastery; accept Shàolín temple; prompt on Buddhist temple; prompt on monastery by asking “of what religion?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Yrwin BatanMIT AYale A9610
Kaitlyn FarrinCarabrandeisTufts A101-5
Marc GrecoWilliams ABoston University B11010
EranBU ABowdoin A11010
Rohan GaneshanHarvard ABrown A110-5
Dylan TanouyeTufts BBrandeises Brew113-5
Richard LinAmherst ABowdoin B11610
Christopher DechDiamond BrandeisA Brandeis Supreme11610
Kevin ZhengYale CNortheastern A11610
Derek FinoClark AYale B12110
Julia AppelTufts ACarabrandeis12810
Max WoodBrandeises BrewTufts B12910
Ryan LeeBrown AHarvard A12910