Laos - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet A: Bonus 12

During this country’s Rocket Festival, participants fire black powder rockets into the air while also listening to the Epic of the Toad King who waged war against the sky to bring back the rain. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this country whose native epics include the Sang Sinxay. Similar to a neighboring country’s Ramakien epic, this country’s variant of the Ramayana features and is named for the protagonists Phra Lak and Phra Ram.

ANSWER: Laos [or Lao People’s Democratic Republic; or Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao; or Mueang Lao]

[10e] In the Laotian Ramayana, this figure slits the belly of the Ousouphalad Ox to heal his father, Phra Ram, with its droppings. In the Cambodian Reamker, this monkey god falls in love with a mermaid while building a causeway.

ANSWER: Hanuman [or Houlaman; accept Maruti; accept Bajrangabali; accept Anjaneya]

[10m] In another scene, Houlaman seeks out an antidote to his father’s illness from the pillow of these beings. Garuda acts as an adversary to these beings, whose kings include Vasuki and Shesha.

ANSWER: nāga [or nagini; accept nagaraja; prompt on snakes or serpents]

<Purdue, Mythology> | Packet A - Brown A, Wisconsin A, Purdue, Maryland B

Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
81	14.07	84%	51%	6%

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Conversion

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

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
California (South)	Main Site	✓	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Canada	Main Site	✓	12	16.67	100%	50%	17%
Florida	Main Site	✓	3	10.00	67%	33%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	✓	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	11.11	89%	22%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	✓	8	16.25	75%	75%	13%
Overflow	Main Site	✓	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	✓	7	17.14	86%	71%	14%
UK	Main Site	✓	12	14.17	92%	50%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	8	10.00	63%	38%	0%
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	4	10.00	50%	50%	0%