Lia Fáil - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet I: Bonus 15

This object made up one of the four treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann along with a sword, a spear, and a cauldron. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this Irish stone of destiny located on the Hill of Tara, which was said to roar after granting kingship to high kings like Conn of the Hundred Battles.

ANSWER: Lia Fáil

[10m] In one account, the Lia Fáil refusal to cry before Lugaid led this foster-father of his to split it with his sword. This son of Lugh falls in love with Fand, the estranged wife of Manannán, angering his own wife, Emer.

ANSWER: Cú Chulainn [accept Sétanta]

[10e] The Stone of Destiny was later stolen and used as the “Stone of Scone” to coronate this kingdom’s rulers. A Pictish Beast is depicted on standing stones in this kingdom, which is allegedly home to a plesiosaur in Loch Ness.

ANSWER: Kingdom of Scotland [or Alba]

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

Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
59	15.59	97%	53%	7%

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Conversion

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

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Canada	Main Site	✓	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Florida	Main Site	✓	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	✓	8	16.25	88%	63%	13%
Northeast	Main Site	✓	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	✓	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	✓	7	12.86	86%	43%	0%
UK	Main Site	✓	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%