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One of these objects title a novel in which Reno befriends a Moto Valera crew that she enlisted to help photograph motorcycle tracks in the Bonneville Salt Flats. One of these objects is compared to a “great python” spitting venom as a man holding it feels like “an amazing conductor playing all the symphonies.” A character orders “Your house, your clean-up” before forcing a man suspected of speaking through “audio-capsule” with (*) Faber to use one of these tools. (10[1]-5[1])This is the main tool of a profession whose old purpose was made obsolete by better building materials and which travels around in vehicles called salamanders. (10[1])A mechanical Hound (-5[1])acquires a scent from one of these tools after it is used (-5[1])to kill Captain Beatty. For 10 points, name this tool used by firemen like Guy Montag to destroy books in Fahrenheit 451. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: flamethrowers [accept The Flamethrowers; prompt on fire or flames]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Shaun IyerInnovation Academy AMississippi State77-5
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech BJohns Creek7710
Michael VadakumpaddanInnovation Academy CInnovation Academy B10310
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech D106-5
Darren KellisMiltonGeorgia Tech C118-5
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech CMilton14110
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech A1410
Towery McNeilMississippi StateInnovation Academy A14110

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