Question

In a Korean tale exemplifying filial piety, Sim Cheong is taken to the palace of one of these creatures to save her from being sacrificed by merchants. One god dismembers himself to protect his community from one of these creatures, simultaneously repaying his filial debt. That god is born after a three-year pregnancy from a ball of flesh and is named Nézhā (“nuh-jah”). Urashima Tarō (10[1])visits a god (10[1])with this (-5[1])form (10[1])who controls his domain using two (10[1]-5[1])jewels. A rain deity who rules the East Sea, Áo Guāng, is associated with an azure-coloured one of these creatures. After getting it drunk on eight barrels of sake, Susanoo (“su-sa-no-wo”) discovers the sword Kusanagi in the tail of an eight-headed one of these creatures named Orochi. (-5[1])For 10 points, in the Chinese zodiac, 2024 is the year of what serpent-like beings? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: dragons [or lóng or lung or ryū; accept Ryūjin; accept Dragon King or Dragon God or Lóngwáng or lóngshén or Azure Dragon or Qīnglóng; accept Year of the Dragon; prompt on serpents or snakes until “serpent-like” is read]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mitch McCullarPenn State AColumbia A6310
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard ARowan A6610
Robert WangPenn State BRutgers C68-5
Derrick LiuJohns Hopkins BRutgers A6910
Vincent ZhangPenn BPenn A75-5
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins AColumbia B7510
Arjun BothraHaverford APrinceton A121-5
Vishal KanigicherlaPenn APenn B13710
Mark TawfikRutgers CPenn State B1370
Austin GuoPrinceton AHaverford A13710

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y786%0%43%91.17
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y989%0%44%102.75
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y9100%0%33%109.33
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%86.71
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y4100%0%25%119.50
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y888%0%13%87.29