scholars - Northeast

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“Presented” members of this profession were once designated with the title jìnshì (“JEEN-shurr”). A class centered on this profession was the dominant participant (10[1])of an “eight-legged” process carried out in a cell. A campaign (10[1])by Qín Shǐ Huáng (10[1])(“cheen shurr hwong”) to bury members (-5[1])of this profession (10[3])ended a historical period named after a hundred groups (-5[1])of them. A member of this profession chronicled (10[1])events (-5[1])in his home state in the Spring and Autumn Annals. Under the Suí (“sway”) dynasty, a class of officials (10[1])of this profession were first administered imperial exams to become civil servants. For 10 points, name this profession of Confucius (10[1])and his followers. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: scholars [accept scholar-officials or literati or philosophers; accept civil servants until “bury” is read; after “bury” is read, prompt on civil servants until read; prompt on public servants or bureaucrats; prompt on officials until read]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Williams B	21	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Boston College B	32	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Brown B	36	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Vermont A	39	-5
Michael Ai	Williams A	Dartmouth A	42	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Brandeis Mozart	42	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Tufts A	42	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	MIT B	51	-5
Jacky Li	MIT B	Harvard	59	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Boston University B	60	-5
Emmy Zhou	Brandeis Beethoven	Dartmouth C	78	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Amherst A	98	10
Hanson Hunynh	Boston University B	Tufts C	102	0
Mahathi Veluri	UConn A	Brandeis Bach	102	10
Will Hamilton	Vermont A	Boston University A	102	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	80%	40%	102.00
UK (South)	UK	8	88%	88%	102.00
Northern California	US	1	100%	100%	102.00
Southern California	US	7	86%	14%	54.50
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	80%	40%	72.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	78%	22%	66.29
Florida	US	1	100%	100%	102.00
Great Lakes	US	12	67%	33%	61.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	78%	44%	90.71
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	83%	33%	72.90
Midwest	US	9	78%	56%	73.57
North	US	1	100%	0%	42.00
Northeast	US	12	92%	25%	59.45
Pacific	US	9	78%	56%	85.43
Southeast	US	13	92%	23%	64.42
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	95.60