Question

Daily offerings of payasam to this figure repay the enormous (15[1])amount of rice owed after a king lost to this figure in chess in Ambalappuzha. After this figure eats mud because he can’t reach any of the fruit on a tree, his mother looks in his mouth and sees the entire universe. This figure legendarily founded the now-sunken city Dvārakā. This figure purifies the Yamunā River by dancing on the head of the nāga (-5[1])Kāliya. This figure makes a night last for an entire kalpa to dance with his lover in the (10[1])(*) Rāsalīlā dance. This figure duplicates (10[1])himself to marry sixteen thousand gopis, but his primary lover is Rādhā. This figure, the younger brother of Balarāma, is often depicted playing the bansuri flute, and as a child he frequently stole butter. In (-5[1])the Bhagavad Gita, this figure is Arjuna’s charioteer (10[1])and advisor. For 10 points, name this blue-skinned eighth avatar of Vishnu. (10[1]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: Krishna [prompt on Vishnu before mentioned]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kushal AluruRutgersNYU A1015
Jem BurchYaleColumbia A74-5
Andre WongColumbia CColumbia B9210
Jake GrodnerPrincetonBard9710
Zaid AsifNYU BLehigh B132-5
Evan SchleckGathererLehigh A14010
Cooper RohColumbia AYale15210
Will HollisterLehigh BNYU B1520

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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y683%17%33%98.20
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%75%0%76.50
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y5100%60%20%89.00
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y1100%0%0%60.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y4100%25%25%102.75
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%33%33%116.67