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One myth from this modern-day country features two lizard-men castrating the Man in the Moon after he attempted to rape the first woman. In another myth from this country, two sisters are swallowed by Yurlunggur (10[1])after it tracks them (-5[1])using (-5[1])the scent (10[3])of their blood. (10[1])Legendary (-5[1])creatures from this country include the ape-like (10[1])Yowie, (10[2]-5[2])as (-5[1])well (10[1])as (10[5]-5[1])swamp-inhabiting (10[3])bunyips. (10[17])One (10[1]-5[1])figure (10[5])from the (10[1])myths (10[2]-5[1])of this country (10[1])created the world while traveling (-5[1])through (10[1])songlines during the Dreamtime. (10[15]0[1]-5[1])For 10 (10[2])points, (10[12])the Rainbow (10[2])Serpent (10[2])features (10[1])prominently (10[1]-5[2])in the myths of what (10[1])modern-day country’s (10[1]-5[1])Aboriginal people? (10[2])■END■ (10[16]0[3])

ANSWER: Australia [or Commonwealth of Australia] (Yurlunggur is another name for the Rainbow Serpent.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Joshua LamOhio State BMichigan A3410
Daniel HobbaCambridge BBristol38-5
Harry OxleyImperial CCardiff39-5
Sewanth PaudelOhio State CMichigan B4110
Daniel KimMaryland AGeorge Mason C4110
Owen AshbrookIowa AChicago B4110
Ethan MaIllinois BluePurdue D4410
Jacob CoyneDurham CEdinburgh D45-5
Emmet EwingMichigan State BWVU A5210
Nathan SprouseVirginia Tech BNCSU B53-5
Ben SpirtasMaryland CRowan5310
Jack FeinbergBrandeis BachDartmouth B5310
Ollie Glin-ConwayImperial DOxford53-5
Zoe BrennanVirginia Tech CLiberty B54-5
Sidarth EratMIT ATufts A5510
Aedan CooperOttawa ACarleton B5610
Mohit NairCWRU DLouisville D56-5
Rose PhippsGeorge Mason BNYU B5610
Saswat Sasha TripathiChicago AIllinois Orange5610
David CiardellaVermont BDartmouth A5610
Tevin FrancisSouthamptonCambridge C5610
Andrew LinToronto GMcMaster B5710
Emily SniderLiberty CVirginia A5710
Emerson PatmoreGeorgia Tech CSewanne5710
Lorie Au-YeungUCSCBerkeley Boss Bandit5810
Carter YottMcMaster AWaterloo C5810
Angelo PanCWRU AWVU B5810
Nova SinkVirginia Tech ALiberty A5810
William ErwinWilliam & Mary BNCSU A5810
Zaid AsifNYU AStony Brook5810
Conner YamnitzWashU GrizzlersPurdue C5810
Sebastian LlacaWisconsin AMichigan Tech5810
Vivian LuWisconsin CIowa State5810
Jack MeyersBrown BBrandeis Mozart5810
Jaehyun ParkBoston University ATufts C5810
Alina MooreTennessee AChipola College5810
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AClemson B5810
Britton WebsterAlabama AGeorgia Tech A5810
Eoghan HerriotDurham DEdinburgh C5810
Fahim AfzalCambridge ABirmingham5810
Gregory StoneESFCornell C5810
Yiwei JiangNYU CPenn5910
Richard D’AngeloTennessee BClemson A59-5
Annoshae MirzaBerkeley Archer QueenBerkeley Little Prince6010
Monica WangGuelph AWaterloo B6010
Mary Kate VanceLouisville AMichigan State D6010
Arhith DharaendraGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech D6010
Michael ShipmanCambridge DWarwick6010
Nate BrownCWRU CLouisville C6210
Brody JohnsonLouisville BKentucky6310
Ezra HoogeveenSt. ThomasMacalester6310
Gabriel NellCornell BBinghamton A63-5
Adithya ParatMcMaster CToronto D6610
Alma GazzanigaUNC BJMU B71-5
Stephen DonoghueSheffield BYork7210
Galen MuellerMcGill BCarleton A7610
Anthony GaglianoMcGill AMcGill E7610
Blake Kim-WansbroughToronto AToronto H7610
Victor XuToronto BToronto I7610
Jacob ErguetaFlorida AFlorida State A7610
Nicholas NguyenFlorida BERAU Daytona A7610
Andrew HarmsMichigan State AOhio State D7610
Derek AldridgeWilliam & Mary ADuke A7610
Alex GonzalesRutgers AMaryland B7610
Brian QianIllinois CanadaWashU Grolars7610
Trenton BurgessIndiana ARose-Hulman A7610
Owen GibbsBoston College BMIT B7610
Ethan AltshulEmory AMontevallo7610
James ZhaoVanderbilt CGeorgia A7610
Wesley StineClemson ATennessee B760
Harry SextonEdinburgh ADurham B7610
James StadlerImperial BCambridge E76-5
Susanna LiaoWaterloo AQueen's A7810
Matthew WestleyPurdue AIllinois Urbana7810
Hansen JinBerkeley Skeleton KingStanford A7910
Peyton LeggUCF AFlorida Tech A7910
Zac StaplerPittsburghMichigan State C7910
Nick SmemoeUNC ATusculum A7910
Diego AlmarazUNC CJMU A7910
Nicholas DeckerGeorge Mason AColumbia A7910
Eli YoungVassar ARutgers B7910
David BlackIllinois ChampaignPurdue B7910
Penelope GrahamWilliams BVermont A7910
Doug FrederickAuburn AGeorgia Tech E7910
Andreas KtoriDurham AEdinburgh B7910
Juliette FlatauImperial ALSE7910
Alex FellerMinnesotaWisconsin B8110
Christine PrinceCornell ABinghamton B8110
Abhay AriyapappillilOttawa BMcGill C8210
Ethen SunToronto CToronto F8210
Oliver MortenCardiffImperial C8310
Sean GaoToronto EBrock A84-5
Alex MayernickLehigh AColumbia B8410
Kaushik JayaprabhaDartmouth CAmherst A84-5
Towery McNeilMississippi State AVanderbilt B8910
Claire ChambersBinghamton ACornell B9110
Molly OakleyBinghamton CRIT B91-5
Alexandra KnightLiberty BVirginia Tech C9310
Jake ScovilleRIT BBinghamton C9310
Aditya KoushikStanford BBerkeley Mighty Miner9410
Noah ScattergoodBrock AToronto E940
Miles PhillipsFlorida Tech BSouth Florida A9410
Dirk HayLouisville DCWRU D9410
Walter CarsonNCSU BVirginia Tech B9410
Alex DzurickWilliam Woods University AIowa B9410
Alex DzurickWilliam Woods University AIowa B9410
Eames WeeksBrown AWilliams C9410
Luc VulliezAmherst ADartmouth C940
Wren Horne-SarkeesHarvardWilliams A9410
Ohm PatelBoston University BUConn A9410
Justin GilbertAuburn CClemson C940
Jason CottleClemson CAuburn C9410
TJ PickeringAuburn BGeorgia Tech F9410
Kathryn KnispelEdinburgh DDurham C9410
Leo GodbeeBristolCambridge B9410
Rory MoloneyCambridge EImperial B9410
Nayaaz HashimOxfordImperial D9410
Alex FormanCornell DRochester9410

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%20%75.80
UK (South)UK8100%50%77.25
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%72.75
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%0%72.50
Eastern Canada (2)US989%11%69.13
FloridaUS4100%0%81.25
Great LakesUS10100%10%61.90
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS989%33%74.25
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%65.00
MidwestUS10100%0%69.60
NorthUS4100%0%65.00
NortheastUS1191%9%71.70
SoutheastUS1292%8%72.64
Upstate NYUS5100%40%83.40