chi - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet I: Bonus 2

Among the Igbo, this concept comprises a person’s being alongside the reincarnated ancestor and the personal will. For 10 points each:

[10e] Chukwu is the source of what nonmaterial concept described as a “personal god” that helps guide a person’s destiny? A similarly pronounced concept in Chinese philosophy is a vital force that can be cultivated through meditative breathing.

ANSWER: chi [or ḿmúọ́; accept qi; accept xingqi and qigong]

[10m] Chi links a reincarnated spirit to inherited ancestral traits which are sometimes used by these people to identify the spirit’s past life. Among the Yoruba, opele chains are used by these people who adhere to Ifá.

ANSWER: diviners [accept oracles; accept dibia or ogba afa; accept babaláwo; accept iyalawo or mamalawo; accept divination; prompt on mediums; prompt on priests]

[10h] In some cases, Igbo reincarnation goes wrong and a miscarried infant comes back to torment the mother as one of these changeling-like spirits. Among the Yoruba, this spirit is known as the abiku.

ANSWER: ogbanje (“ohg-BAHN-jay”)

<KT, Religion> | Packet I - McGill B, UCLA A, Michigan B, Georgia Tech C, Southampton B

Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
63	10.16	86%	8%	8%

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Conversion

Team	Opponent	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Total	Parts
Berkeley A	Berkeley D	10	0	10	20	EH
Berkeley B	Stanford B	0	0	0	0
Berkeley C	Stanford A	10	0	0	10	E
Bowdoin A	Brandeis B	10	0	0	10	E
Bowdoin B	Brown	0	0	0	0
Brandeis A	MIT	10	0	0	10	E
Central Florida C	Central Florida B	10	0	0	10	E
Chicago A	Purdue A	10	0	0	10	E
Chicago B	Notre Dame A	10	0	0	10	E
Chicago D	Purdue B	10	0	0	10	E
Columbia B	NYU A	10	0	0	10	E
Cornell A	Penn State	10	0	0	10	E
Cornell B	RIT	0	0	0	0
Cornell C	Binghamton A	10	0	0	10	E
Dartmouth B	Southern Connecticut State	10	0	0	10	E
Duke	William and Mary	10	0	0	10	E
Durham	City St. George's	10	0	0	10	E
Florida B	Florida A	10	0	0	10	E
Florida C	Central Florida A	0	0	0	0
Georgetown	Columbia C	10	0	10	20	EH
Georgia Tech A	Minnesota A	10	0	0	10	E
Georgia Tech D	Louisville A	10	0	0	10	E
Harvard A	Dartmouth A	10	0	0	10	E
Illinois B	Chicago C	10	0	0	10	E
Imperial A	Cambridge B	10	0	0	10	E
Imperial C	Edinburgh B	10	0	0	10	E
Indiana A	Illinois A	10	10	0	20	EM
Indiana B	Northwestern D	10	10	0	20	EM
Iowa State	Claremont	10	0	0	10	E
John Jay	Catholic	10	0	0	10	E
Johns Hopkins B	NYU C	10	0	0	10	E
Kentucky	Louisville B	10	0	0	10	E
LSE	Bristol	0	0	0	0
Liberty B	James Madison B	0	0	0	0
Liberty C	James Madison A	0	0	0	0
Maryland A	Columbia A	10	10	10	30	EMH
Maryland B	Vassar	10	0	0	10	E
Maryland C	Swarthmore	10	0	0	10	E
Mississipi State	Georgia Tech B	0	0	0	0
NYU B	Johns Hopkins A	10	10	0	20	EM
North Carolina A	Virginia Tech A	10	0	0	10	E
North Carolina B	NC State B	10	0	0	10	E
North Carolina C	NC State A	10	0	0	10	E
Northwestern B	Illinois C	10	0	0	10	E
Northwestern C	Indiana C	10	0	0	10	E
Notre Dame B	Chicago E	0	0	0	0
Oxford A	Cambridge C	10	0	0	10	E
Oxford B	UCL	10	0	0	10	E
Rochester	Binghamton B	10	0	0	10	E
Rutgers A	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10	E
South Carolina A	Liberty A	10	0	0	10	E
Tennessee A	Sewanee	10	0	0	10	E
Tennessee B	Alabama A	10	0	0	10	E
Texas A	Murray State A	10	0	0	10	E
Texas A&M A	Texas B	10	0	0	10	E
UBC B	McGill A	10	10	0	20	EM
VCU	South Carolina B	10	0	10	20	EH
Virginia Tech B	Virginia	10	0	0	10	E
WashU A	Vanderbilt B	10	0	10	20	EH
WashU B	Bruin	10	0	0	10	E
Washington A	Missouri A	10	0	0	10	E
Washington B	Carleton College	10	0	0	10	E
Yale	Harvard B	10	0	0	10	E

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	10.00	67%	0%	33%
Canada	Main Site	✓	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Florida	Main Site	✓	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	8.89	78%	0%	11%
Midwest	Main Site	✓	9	11.11	89%	22%	0%
Northeast	Main Site	✓	6	8.33	83%	0%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	✓	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	✓	7	10.00	86%	0%	14%
UK	Main Site	✓	6	8.33	83%	0%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	14.44	100%	22%	22%
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%