avatars of Vishnu - 2024 PACE NSC

Question

A god refuses entry to one of these figures at Mount Kailash, causing that figure to impatiently strike out with a weapon gifted to him by Shiva (20[1])(“SHI-vuh”). Five lakes swell with the blood of the twenty-one warrior generations slain by one of these figures, who, (20[1])in another myth, (20[1])uses his axe to chop (20[1])off Ganesha’s (20[1])tusk. (20[1])During the (20[1])rasalila (20[2])(“ra-sa-LEE-la”), one of (20[1])these figures duplicates himself to dance (20[1])with the (*) gopis (“GO-peas”) and (10[1])Radha. (10[3])Holi celebrates how a half-lion one of these figures (10[1])burst (10[1])from a pillar to save Prahlada (10[1])(“pruh-huh-LAH-duh”). Arjuna learns (10[1])about dharma (10[1])from (10[1])one of these figures (10[3])who acts as his (10[1])charioteer in the Bhagavad Gita. For 10 points, Parashurama (“puh-ruh-shoe-RAH-muh”) and Narasimha (“nuh-ruh-SIM-huh”) number among what ten (10[1])incarnations of the Preserver, (10[2])such (10[1])as Krishna? ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: avatars of Vishnu [or Dashavatara; prompt on partial answer; accept incarnations of Vishnu until said; accept reasonable equivalents like forms of Vishnu; prompt on Hindu gods or deities or Indian gods or deities or Vedic gods or deities]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Jacob Barta	Detroit Catholic Central A	Thomas Jefferson C	26	20
Keerthana Krishnan	Seven Lakes	DuPage County AT	44	20
Aditya Patnaik	Beavercreek	Thomas Jefferson B	47	20
Sanjay Shanmuga Perumal	Lambert	Livingston A	52	20
Sohum Sukhatankar	St. Mark's	Georgetown Day	54	20
Kaushik Gollamudi	Barrington	Innovation Academy A	55	20
Beckett Gilmore	Owensboro	Cincinnati Hills	57	20
Dwij Bhatt	William Fremd	McLean B	58	20
Chris Yoo	Thomas Jefferson A	Johns Creek A	58	20
Ethan Kral	Northmont A	Richard Montgomery A	60	20
Gregory Zeldovich	Belmont	Hoover A	66	20
Yaj Jhajhria	Canyon Crest	Thomas Jefferson D	70	10
Nikhil Kotikalapudi	Great Valley	Northmont B	71	10
Ryan McKenzie	McLean A	Mexico	71	10
Janani Gollapalli	Lightridge	Solon	71	10
Ali Hamzeh	Kinkaid	Winston Churchill A	80	10
Vidur Kothur	Lindbergh	Norfolk Academic Guild	81	10
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	St. Thomas	87	10
Saathvik Koneru	Detroit Catholic Central C	Winston Churchill B	89	10
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery B	Hunter B	91	10
Yash Saxena	Maggie Walker A	Hastings	92	10
Ameya Bhalerao	Downingtown STEM	Okemos	96	10
Henry Joecken	St. Xavier	Durham AT	96	10
Shawn Syed	University Lab	Johns Creek B	96	10
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Strake Jesuit	100	10
Aiden Dombrosky	Hoover B	Carl Sandburg	115	10
Shaun Iyer	Innovation Academy B	Freeman	119	10
Eeshan Gudapati	Stevenson B	Stevenson A	119	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	West Point	120	10
Danial Pitafi	Carbondale	Saint Joseph	123	10
Benjamin Towne	Detroit Catholic Central B	Elkhorn North	123	10
Brayden Ferrell	Heights	Livingston B	123	10
Jack Larmoyeux	James W. Robinson	Bloomington	123	10
Sky Hong	Choate Rosemary Hall	Maggie Walker C	123	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	34	100%	32%	0%	84.00