Ramayana - Northeast

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In this text, a wise man invents a new form of verse after watching two birds being shot while mating, which he teaches to the protagonist’s two sons. A character in this text who is cursed to sleep for six months at a time is woken up when a thousand elephants (10[1])walk over him. In this text, a demon disguised as a golden deer is used to distract a princess of Ayodhya (10[1])(“eye-OHD-yuh”). This text’s antagonist orders Hanuman’s (10[1]-5[1])tail to be lit on fire, (10[2]-5[1])which he (10[1])uses to burn down his citadel in Lanka. (10[1])For 10 points, Sita is kidnapped by the rakshasa (“RAHK-shuh-suh”) Ravana (“RAH-vuh-nuh”) in what Sanskrit epic by Valmiki, written before the Mahabharata? (10[2])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Ramayana [or Rāmāyana; or Ramayanam] (The first line is about Valmiki teaching Lava and Kusha. The character in the second line is Kumbhakarna, a brother of Ravana.)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Boston University A	50	10
Mahathi Veluri	UConn A	Tufts A	71	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Williams B	76	10
Devon Kumar	Tufts C	Brown A	76	-5
Will Barash	Brandeis Mozart	Vermont B	82	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	MIT B	82	-5
Ethan Young	Williams A	Southern Connecticut State University A	82	10
Nikhil Nair	Boston University B	Brandeis Beethoven	84	10
Eleanor Arron	Williams C	Brandeis Bach	92	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Tufts B	112	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Boston College B	112	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Tufts C	113	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Dartmouth A	113	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Dartmouth C	113	0

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Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	91.20
UK (South)	UK	8	63%	13%	73.80
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	72.50
Southern California	US	7	86%	29%	77.83
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	60%	20%	67.67
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	89%	33%	95.75
Florida	US	4	50%	50%	101.50
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	9%	79.64
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	33%	97.11
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	83%	17%	82.50
Midwest	US	9	89%	0%	75.38
North	US	4	75%	25%	91.33
Northeast	US	12	92%	17%	89.73
Pacific	US	8	63%	38%	79.00
Southeast	US	13	77%	54%	86.80
Upstate NY	US	4	75%	25%	94.00