Bonus
Answer the following about practices of Bali Hindus that revolve around their island’s 210-day calendar, for 10 points each.
[10e] Auspicious days on which people may enter trances called kerauhan are declared by pedandas, a priest class similar to this highest varna in the caste system.
ANSWER: brahmin [or brāhmaṇa or brāhmaṇ]
[10h] Every year, participants at this location’s Odalan festival take flowers from a canang sari (“CHAH-nang sah-ree”) and place them behind their ears. This largest and holiest of Bali’s pura temples has a large split gate called a candi (“chan-dee”) bentar.
ANSWER: Pura Besakih
[10m] Bali’s Saka New Year is celebrated in Denpasar (“den-PAH-sar”) with groups pretending to perform this action until water buckets are thrown on them. While circum·ambulating during ṭawāf, this action may be performed to a black meteorite fragment.
ANSWER: kissing [accept synonyms such as smooching; prompt on touching; prompt on hugging or pulling or pull-pull by asking “What other action is that supposed to represent?”] (The meteorite fragment is on the Kaaba.)
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | Georgia State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago B | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia A | WUSTL A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Iowa State | Toronto B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| LSE | NYU | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| MIT | Cornell A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland | Illinois B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Michigan | Columbia B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| North Carolina A | Illinois A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Northwestern | Toronto A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Ottawa | Florida | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford | Rutgers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| Texas | Minnesota | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto C | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | Chicago A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley B | Penn State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| UCF | North Carolina B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Waterloo A | Indiana | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Waterloo B | WUSTL B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Yale | British Columbia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 22 | 13.64 | 100% | 27% | 9% |