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 visits a god (10[1])with this form who controls his domain using two jewels. (10[2])A rain (10[1])deity (10[1])who rules the East Sea, Áo Guāng, is associated with an azure-coloured one of these creatures. (10[1])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[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
Zaid Asif (D2)NYU BWUSTL A6610
Jisoo YooTexas AVassar A7610
Owen Arneson (D2)MissouriIowa7610
Brynn JonesOregon StateMcGill E7810
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaMississippi State7910
Alejandro Prieto Mendoza (D2)Texas DVassar B9510
Keerthana Krishnan (D2)Texas CColorado College121-5
Jacob Tow (UG)Colorado CollegeTexas C13710

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