Question

After being shot by a college student, one of these animals stays alive by telling stories of his past life as a 19th-century poet and freedom fighter in the novel Red Earth and Pouring Rain. One of these animals compares dense vegetation to “indecipherable calligraphy” in a book whose author states, “fixity is always momentary” and claims to “invent” his path while “traversing” it. In the opening fable of a treatise translated as “Loss of Gains” by (*) Arthur Ryder, this animal narrowly avoids being fed to the wife of a crocodile he befriended by offering fruit. A poetic travelogue titled for this animal recounts a journey to the temple city of Galta undertaken by Octavio (10[2])Paz. (10[1])These animals eat crumbs of dropped puffed rice (10[1])and attack (10[1])Bobby Das, (10[1])who is saved by Mr. Kapasi, in the story “The Interpreter of Maladies.” For 10 points, what animals include vanaras such as Hanuman? ■END■

ANSWER: monkeys [accept vanaras until read; accept The Monkey Grammarian] (Red Earth and Pouring Rain is by Vikram Chandra. The fable is from the Panchatantra.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)JJaryland11410
Sinecio MoralesSandmännchen im HelikopterLet's Fighting Love11410
Jordan BrownsteinJinAh and Jordan from Wikiquizprotobowling for soup11510
Andrew ZengNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew HesseThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola12310
Aseem Keyalbruh1.g4 Test Mixture12510
Rosa XiachamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbiaboy's jitches (ft. DMA)12710

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y6100%0%17%125.83
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y6100%0%0%119.67
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%0%129.50
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y3100%0%0%134.00
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%0%0%135.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y3100%67%0%57.67