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According to the Sunan Abi Dawud, Muslim men cannot wear silk or this (10[1])material. (10[14])Melchior (10[2])gave (10[1])this material (10[1])to an infant to portray the child’s (10[1])future (-5[1])kingship. (10[7]-5[1])It doesn’t (10[2])contain (10[2])copper, (10[1])but (10[1])during (-5[1])rituals, (10[2])yopo seeds were inhaled (10[1])from plates of this material by the Muisca. (10[4]-5[2])Some objects (10[1])of this material (10[1])in Reformed (10[2])Egyptian were (10[1])deciphered (10[1])with the (10[1])help (10[1])of (10[1])Angel (10[1])Moroni. (10[7])Joseph (10[2])Smith (10[13]-5[1])translated (10[4])the (10[1])Book of (10[3]-5[1])Mormon (10[6])from (10[2])that (-5[1])set of plates (10[3])of this material. (10[5])Due to idolatry, God killed the Israelites for worshipping (10[1])an animal made from this metal. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Muisca religious ceremonies may have inspired El Dorado, (10[1])a city of what precious metal? ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: gold [accept golden; accept dahab; or asjad; or tibr; or ibrīz; prompt on tumbaga]
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Jacob CoyneDurham CDurham B1210
Jacob CohenUCLA AClaremont A1310
Jonathan KoehlerUCLA CUCLA B1310
Nathaniel GodfreyToronto DToronto H1310
Miles PhillipsFlorida Tech BFlorida A1310
Eric CameronMichigan State CMichigan C1310
Isabelle MitchemWVU ALouisville A1310
Ilyas ChoukriVirginia Tech AUNC B1310
Suhaan PastakiaMaryland CJohns Hopkins1310
Wesley StineClemson AGeorgia Tech A1310
Alina MooreTennessee AVanderbilt A1310
Atticus TeterDurham ADurham D1310
Vishrut PisupatiImperial BSouthampton1310
Fahim AfzalCambridge AImperial D1310
Nayaaz HashimOxfordBirmingham1310
Pratham BhanushaliWVU BOhio State D1410
Annabelle KoopmansWashington AtlanticArizona State B1410
Emily JustakIndiana BPurdue A1510
Yousuf HuqMcMaster AToronto C1710
Vijay HansBerkeley Boss BanditBerkeley Mighty Miner2410
Will HooverRIT ACornell D25-5
Winston ZuoUC Santa BarbaraClaremont B2610
Aris AntonWaterloo CToronto E26-5
Mikkie SmylieBrock AToronto F2610
Juan LandaetaFlorida State AERAU Daytona A2610
Alex EmmertMaryland BVassar B2610
Sparrow BrotmanNYU BPrinceton2610
Anneke StracksMacalesterMichigan Tech2610
Fionn O’ConnorSouth Carolina AAlabama A2610
Hafsa ShaikhToronto IToronto G2810
Harper RoyalGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech B2810
Francis DinhIllinois CanadaPurdue D2910
Benjamin TurnerYorkSheffield A2910
Avery BeckerBerkeley Archer QueenStanford A3010
Ian SaylorWisconsin AWisconsin B3110
Stephen OttewellToronto BQueen's A32-5
Yutong HanMichigan State DMichigan B3310
Keerthana KrishnanTexasWashington Chinook3310
Ahmed AzhariCambridge ECambridge C3710
Rohan SoniUCLA FUCSD B45-5
Alex RandallKentuckyOhio State C4510
Lauryn HendrixLouisville COhio State B4510
Kevin CronkVirginia Tech CNCSU A4510
Veer VanmaliMississippi State AGeorgia Tech F45-5
Youyou YuImperial AImperial C4510
Emerson PatmoreGeorgia Tech CEmory A4710
Jeffery AustinUNC DVirginia A5010
Galen MuellerMcGill BOttawa C5210
Nicholas NguyenFlorida BFlorida Tech A5210
James HorsleyIowa StateMinnesota5410
Derek AldridgeWilliam & Mary ALiberty A5510
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Andrew HarmsMichigan State ALouisville D5810
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John RoothamOttawa DOttawa A6010
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Janghyun LeeBerkeley Little PrinceStanford B6310
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Nicolaus DerikxCarleton AOttawa B6310
Pallas AllenSouth Florida AUCF A6310
Wyatt JohnsonCWRU BPittsburgh6310
Emily KadolphVirginia Tech BJMU A6310
Nick SmemoeUNC ANCSU B6310
Alex MayernickLehigh AGeorge Mason A6310
Rose PhippsGeorge Mason BStony Brook6310
Camden WalkerWashU GrolarsIllinois Blue6310
Suyog VibhutiWashington SteelheadBritish Columbia B6310
Jonathan HoAlberta BWashington Sockeye6310
John ShelleyClemson BSewanne63-5
Michael XuMcMaster BWaterloo A6410
Fern FangVCU ATusculum A6410
Connor KingSt. ThomasWisconsin C6410
Anne FjeldAlberta ABritish Columbia A6410
James ZhaoVanderbilt CAuburn C6510
Brody JohnsonLouisville BMichigan State B6710
Jaden RupoloLiberty BLiberty C6710
Yoyo LiuBritish Columbia CWashington Pink6710
Andrew WilsonMontevalloVanderbilt B67-5
Huy LaiUCSCBerkeley Skeleton King6810
Neela Perceval-MaxwellMcGill ECarleton B6810
Samarth MajmudarIllinois UrbanaChicago A6810
Martin BrandenburgGeorgia ATennessee B6810
Kathryn KnispelEdinburgh DEdinburgh B6810
Jolie YehWarwickBristol6810
Alex WongRutgers DRowan6910
Aeron WheelCardiffLSE6910
Jaden BandyRutgers BNYU C70-5
Serena SalfitiUSC AClaremont C7310
Kevin HeToronto AGuelph A7310
Cranmer McGinnMcMaster CWaterloo B7310
Gannon SmithMaryland ARutgers C7610
Tishe SonugaChicago BPurdue C7610
Anurag ShahIndiana AIowa B7610
Ritwik SharmaArizona State AWashington Chum7610
Nikki ChacoGeorgia Tech DClemson C7610
Isabel DentSewanneClemson B8510
Shivam SaxenaGeorgia Tech FMississippi State A9110
Richy SunVanderbilt BMontevallo9410
Brendan BridleQueen's AToronto B10210
Brandon DillardUCSD BUCLA F10910
Sean GaoToronto EWaterloo C10910
Renita TangNYU CRutgers B10910
Irene WuCornell DRIT A10910

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%0%36.60
UK (South)UK8100%0%39.88
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%46.25
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%14%51.43
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%0%60.75
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%22%56.11
FloridaUS4100%0%38.50
Great LakesUS11100%0%42.45
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%53.56
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%11%56.22
MidwestUS9100%0%56.78
NorthUS4100%0%43.75
PacificUS8100%0%55.13
SoutheastUS12100%25%55.58
Upstate NYUS1100%100%109.00