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Round 4: Tossup 17

The severed head of a rebel from this clan legendarily flew from Kyoto to the village of Shibasaki. 32 members of this clan each completed one scroll of sutras housed at Itsukushima Shrine, whose “floating” torii was built by a head of this clan. (10[1])The branch of this clan that ascended in the Heiji Disturbance was founded when Takamochi, a great-grandson of Emperor Kanmu, was demoted to the nobility. This clan is referenced in an incipit (“in-SIP-it”) that evokes the “sound of the Gion Shōja bells.” (10[1])Members of this (10[1])clan were said to be reincarnated (10[1])as crabs with human faces at a site where the (10[1])original (10[1])sword Kusanagi was lost. This parent (-5[1])clan of the Chiba and Hōjō made a last stand with the boy emperor (10[1])Antoku (10[1])at the Battle of Dan-no-ura, (-5[1])as related in its namesake monogatari. (-5[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])what clan was defeated in the Genpei War (10[1])by (10[1])the (10[1])Minamoto? (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[3])

ANSWER: Taira clan [or Heike or Heishi; accept Kanmu Taira or Kanmu Heishi; accept the Heike Monogatari or Tale of the Heike] (The first sentence refers to the 10th-century rebel Taira no Masakado. Taira no Kuniyori erected Isukushima Shrine.)

<Toronto B, World History> | D. Prelims 4 - Toronto B + Harvard + Michigan + Minnesota

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Andrew Wang	Illinois A	Northwestern B	43	10
Karthik Jayaram	UCLA	Toronto A	84	10
Ryan Rosenberg	NYU A	Vanderbilt	87	10
Jakob Myers	Indiana	Pittsburgh	93	10
Ryan Sun	UC Berkeley B	Stanford B	103	10
Charles Hang	WashU	Texas	104	10
Nathaniel Hull	UC Berkeley A	North Carolina	110	-5
Noah Chin	Virginia Tech	Maryland B	124	10
Yrwin Batan	MIT	Waterloo	125	10
Andrew Zeng	Stanford A	Northwestern A	130	-5
Kevin Wang	Georgia Tech B	Penn State	136	-5
Anh Khoa Tran	UCF	Cambridge	139	-5
Jarman Taylor	Johns Hopkins	Brown	147	10
Matthew Sumanen	Georgia Tech C	Illinois B	148	10
Jacky Xu	Cornell	Maryland A	149	10
Vikshar Athreya	Rutgers	Virginia	150	10
Moses Kitakule	Columbia A	British Columbia	151	10
Jack Lewis	Bruin	Chicago B	151	10
Olin Bose	Columbia B	NYU B	151	10
Christopher Sims	Northwestern A	Stanford A	151	10
Cole Hartung	Georgetown	Ohio State	151	0
Simon Zimmerman	Ohio State	Georgetown	151	10
Ani Perumalla	Penn State	Georgia Tech B	151	0
Tianyu Xu	Georgia Tech A	Swarthmore	151	10
Brendan Bethlehem	Cambridge	UCF	151	10
Jeffery Austin	North Carolina	UC Berkeley A	151	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
Main Site	2026-04-17	✓	21	90%	19%	127.05