Question

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 of one of these places introduced (10[1])physical training and martial arts. (10[1])The Shàolín Temple (10[2])is famous (-5[1])as, for 10 points, (10[1])what kind of place where renunciates become bhikkhus and don saffron-color robes? ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech DEmory B10210
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BAuburn B10710
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech FTennesse A11010
Will McCurleyAuburn AGeorgia Tech C11010
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech AClemson A112-5
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech EAuburn C11610
Britton WebsterAlabama AEmory A1290
Gannon RiceClemson AGeorgia Tech A12910
Luke ZhangEmory AAlabama A12910
Benny ShtutmanSouth Carolina ATennesse B12910

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