animals - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet H: Bonus 3

The realm of these beings exists below the realm of the asuras alongside Hell and the realm of the hungry ghosts. For 10 points each:

[10h] What beings driven by impulse and instinct are said to exist within the tiryag domain? The first of the Five Precepts is generally extrapolated to apply to both humans and these beings.

ANSWER: animals [or tiracchāna; accept specific animals including fish, birds, and insects]

[10m] In the process of life release, Buddhists may release captive animals into the wild to accumulate this concept. Good deeds can accumulate this concept, whose “transfer” allows its mental rewards to pass on to the deceased.

ANSWER: merit [or punya or puñña; accept merit release; accept transfer of merit; accept merit-making; prompt on luck]

[10e] Improper life release of the red-eared slider species of these animals within China has led them to be classified as an invasive species. A massive “world” animal of this type has its legs chopped off by Nüwa, to support the sky.

ANSWER: turtles [or tortoises; or wugui; accept red-eared slider turtle]

<KT, Religion> | Packet H - Yale A, Ohio State C, Illinois C, Virginia Tech B, MIT A

Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
72	11.81	94%	6%	18%

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Conversion

Team	Opponent	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Total	Parts
Berkeley A	Stanford B	0	0	10	10	E
Berkeley B	Berkeley C	0	0	10	10	E
Binghamton A	Rochester	0	0	10	10	E
Bristol	Cambridge A	0	0	10	10	E
Brock	Simon Fraser	0	0	10	10	E
Bruin	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10	E
Cambridge B	Warwick A	0	0	10	10	E
Carleton College	Washington A	0	0	10	10	E
Carleton University	McGill A	0	0	10	10	E
Central Florida B	Central Florida A	0	0	10	10	E
Central Florida C	Florida A	0	0	10	10	E
Chicago A	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20	ME
Chicago B	Indiana C	0	0	10	10	E
Chicago D	Purdue A	10	0	10	20	HE
City St. George's	Cardiff	0	0	10	10	E
Columbia B	Rutgers A	10	0	10	20	HE
Cornell C	Binghamton B	0	0	10	10	E
Durham	Birmingham	10	0	10	20	HE
Edinburgh A	Imperial A	0	0	10	10	E
Edinburgh B	Montpellier	0	0	10	10	E
Florida B	Florida C	10	0	10	20	HE
Georgetown	Johns Hopkins B	0	0	10	10	E
Georgia Tech A	Missouri B	0	0	10	10	E
Georgia Tech B	Tennessee A	0	0	10	10	E
Georgia Tech D	Louisville B	0	0	0	0
Illinois A	Northwestern D	10	10	10	30	HME
Illinois B	Notre Dame B	0	0	10	10	E
Imperial C	Warwick B	10	0	10	20	HE
Indiana B	Indiana A	0	0	10	10	E
Johns Hopkins A	NYU C	0	0	10	10	E
LSE	Imperial B	0	0	10	10	E
Louisville A	Kentucky	0	0	0	0
Manchester	Oxford A	0	0	10	10	E
Maryland B	Columbia C	0	0	10	10	E
McMaster B	Toronto Metropolitan	0	0	10	10	E
Michigan A	Ohio State A	0	0	10	10	E
Michigan C	CWRU A	0	0	10	10	E
Michigan State	CWRU B	0	0	10	10	E
Minnesota A	Iowa State	0	0	10	10	E
Mississipi State	Sewanee	0	0	10	10	E
Murray State A	Texas A&M A	0	0	10	10	E
NYU A	Vassar	0	0	10	10	E
NYU B	Columbia A	0	0	10	10	E
Notre Dame A	Chicago C	0	0	10	10	E
Ottawa	McMaster A	10	0	10	20	HE
Oxford B	Oxford C	0	0	10	10	E
Penn State	Cornell B	0	0	10	10	E
Pittsburgh	Michigan B	0	0	10	10	E
Purdue B	Chicago E	0	0	10	10	E
RIT	Cornell A	0	0	10	10	E
Rutgers B	Catholic	0	0	10	10	E
Southampton A	UCL	10	0	0	10	H
Southampton B	Cambridge C	0	0	10	10	E
Stanford A	Berkeley D	0	10	10	20	ME
Swarthmore	Maryland A	0	0	10	10	E
Tennessee B	Vanderbilt B	0	0	10	10	E
Texas A	Texas B	0	0	10	10	E
Toronto B	Waterloo A	10	0	10	20	HE
Toronto C	Western C	10	0	10	20	HE
Toronto E	Waterloo B	0	0	10	10	E
Toronto G	McGill B	0	0	10	10	E
UBC A	Queen's	10	0	10	20	HE
UBC B	Guelph	0	10	10	20	ME
UC Irvine	UCSD C	10	0	10	20	HE
UC Santa Barbara	UCSD B	0	0	10	10	E
UCLA A	UCLA B	0	0	10	10	E
UCSD A	Arizona State	0	0	10	10	E
WashU A	Alabama A	0	0	10	10	E
WashU B	Alabama B	0	0	10	10	E
Washington B	Claremont	10	0	10	20	HE
Western A	Toronto D	0	0	0	0
Western B	Toronto F	0	0	10	10	E

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
California (South)	Main Site	✓	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Canada	Main Site	✓	12	13.33	92%	8%	33%
Florida	Main Site	✓	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
Great Lakes	Main Site	✓	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	✓	8	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Overflow	Main Site	✓	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	✓	8	7.50	75%	0%	0%
UK	Main Site	✓	12	11.67	92%	0%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	8	11.25	100%	0%	13%
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%