Question

Daily offerings of payasam to this figure repay the enormous 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 (15[1])tree, his mother looks in his (15[1])mouth and sees the entire universe. This figure legendarily (15[1])founded the now-sunken city Dvārakā. (10[1])This figure purifies the Yamunā River by dancing on the head of the nāga Kāliya. This figure makes a night last for an entire kalpa to dance with his lover in the (*) Rāsalīlā dance. This figure duplicates himself to marry sixteen thousand gopis, but his (-5[1])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 the Bhagavad Gita, this figure is Arjuna’s charioteer and advisor. For 10 points, name this blue-skinned eighth avatar of Vishnu. (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: Krishna [prompt on Vishnu before mentioned]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Daniel GuoUSN AWUSTL4015
Bharath RamGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech C4615
Marianne MathewVanderbilt BVanderbilt A5515
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech BMTSU6010
Jack LewisMTSUClaremont105-5
Lauren BrownBelmontGeorgia Tech B15210
Kevin ParkClaremontMTSU15210

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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
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2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y4100%25%25%102.75
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%33%33%116.67