Bonus
Gurcharan Das’s The Difficulty of Being Good discusses the complexity of dharma in this work, seen in Arjuna’s reluctance to fight in the Kurukshetra War. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Hindu epic whose contributions to ethics include its 700-verse dialogue, the Bhagavad Gītā.
ANSWER: Mahābhārata (“muh-hah-BAH-ruh-tuh”)
[10m] In The Hindus, Wendy Doniger summarizes the message of the Mahābhārata as “dharma is subtle,” exemplified by the shortcomings of this son of Dharma. This king’s debate with a crane and his lie to Droṇa are frequently-analyzed episodes from the epic.
ANSWER: Yudhishṭhira (“yoo-DISH-tih-ruh”) [prompt on Dharmarāja]
[10h] Description acceptable. Das, Doniger, and others analyze the ambiguities of dharma posed during this scene by its central figure’s question, “Who did you lose first, yourself or me?” Vikarṇa and Vidura oppose Duḥshāsana’s (“doo-SHAH-suh-nuh’s”) central action in this scene.
ANSWER: disrobing of Draupadī [or Draupadī·vastrāharaṇam or Draupadī·vastrāpaharaṇam; or Draupadī’s Vastrāharaṇ; accept the stripping of Draupadī or stealing of Draupadī’s clothes or seizure of Draupadī’s clothes; accept other translations or descriptions of Draupadī losing her clothes; accept Krishnā or Pānchālī or Yajñasenī in place of Draupadī; prompt on disrobing or stripping or stealing clothes or vastrāharaṇam or vastrāpaharaṇam or synonyms with “of whom?”; prompt on humiliation of Draupadī with “in what manner?”; prompt on dice game or pachīsī or pāsā or gambling or dyūta]
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Chicago A | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Chicago B | Minnesota | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cornell B | UCF | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Georgia State | Yale | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Illinois A | Indiana | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Iowa State | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| LSE | British Columbia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU | Florida | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| North Carolina A | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Ohio State | North Carolina B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Penn State | WUSTL B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Texas | Cornell A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto A | Stanford | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto B | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto C | MIT | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| UC Berkeley A | Waterloo A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia | Michigan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| WUSTL A | Northwestern | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Waterloo B | Ottawa | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 21 | 19.52 | 100% | 43% | 52% |