Cannabis - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet H: Bonus 4

Compounds produced by this genus were shown to induce starvation responses in Drosophila despite insects lacking their CB1 and CB2 receptors. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this genus whose sativa species secretes a “phyto” class of compounds for chemical defense against herbivores. This genus names a group of drugs whose active compounds include CBD and delta-9-THC.

ANSWER: Cannabis [accept cannabis drugs; accept Cannabis indica or Cannabis ruderalis; accept cannabinoids or phytocannabinoids or endocannabinoids; prompt on C. sativa or C. indica or C. ruderalis; reject “marijuana”]

[10h] C. sativa secretes cannabinoids from the glandular form of these hair-like structures. Contact with these structures in Drosera and Pinguicula plants triggers a nastic response that causes their leaves to curl around prey.

ANSWER: trichomes [accept glandular trichomes; prompt on outgrowths or appendages or prickles or emergencies or scales or tentacles]

[10m] Glandular trichomes store defensive secondary metabolites in neck strips composed primarily of this material. This complex phenol-rich polymer provides structural rigidity and hydrophobicity to plant cell walls.

ANSWER: lignin [prompt on lignocellulose]

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

Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
72	10.83	78%	17%	14%

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Conversion

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

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
California (South)	Main Site	✓	4	7.50	50%	0%	25%
Canada	Main Site	✓	12	10.00	83%	0%	17%
Florida	Main Site	✓	3	10.00	67%	0%	33%
Great Lakes	Main Site	✓	4	7.50	50%	0%	25%
Midwest	Main Site	✓	8	13.75	88%	38%	13%
Overflow	Main Site	✓	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Southeast	Main Site	✓	8	10.00	50%	38%	13%
UK	Main Site	✓	12	11.67	75%	33%	8%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	8	10.00	88%	13%	0%
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%