Question

Collections focused predominantly on this material at the Met and British Museum were donated by Heber Bishop and Joseph Hotung, respectively. The Hóngshān culture created coiled “pig dragons” made of this material, while the Liángzhǔ culture created the earliest examples of a pair of ritual objects thought to represent heaven and earth. A (-5[1])locust and katydid perch atop a sculpture of this material housed at the National Palace Museum (15[1])in Taipei alongside a ding (-5[1])and a meat-shaped stone. That sculpture of this material depicts a (*) bok choy. During the Han Dynasty, plaques of this material were connected with gold wire to create burial suits. Ceremonial disks and vessels known as and cóng (10[1])(“tsong”) were made of this material. For 10 points, Chinese artists often carved (10[1])pieces from what green stone? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: jade [accept jadeite or nephrite; accept or fěicuì; prompt on greenstone] (The Liángzhǔ clue refers to bì and cóng.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael DuWaterloo AspidistraToronto A52-5
Ethen SunToronto BToronto Disband the Club 2k246815
Yihong ChenToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaToronto Metropolitan A73-5
Nick EdwardsMcGill AWaterloo Cloze11210
Caleb OttWaterloo BasicOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom12410
Yusuf BaigMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiCarleton A12910
Sky LiToronto AWaterloo Aspidistra13010
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha13010

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