hajj - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet M: Tossup 17

The UK-based women’s organization, Global One, has crafted a “Green Guide” to this activity that discourages plastic waste. Following a 2012 Supreme Court order, India phased out a subsidy for this activity in 2018 that was heavily criticized for its promotion of an Air India monopoly. Phishing websites aim to deter people partaking in this activity from using MoHU-approved platforms like “Tasreeh” and “Nusuk.” Free visas (10[1])issued (10[1])between the months of Shawwal (10[3])and Dhual-Qa’dah (10[4])are meant for (10[1])this activity, (10[12]-5[1])whose (10[2])participants (10[1])don (10[1])white (10[2])ihram (10[2])garments. (10[5]-5[1])A tally counter, (10[5])prayer beads, and prayer mats (10[1])are fixtures (10[1])of amenity kits provided by special flights reserved for this activity (10[2])by Emirates and Qatar Airways. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Saudi Arabia’s Makkah (10[1])Road Initiative helps facilitate what pilgrimage to the Kaaba? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: hajj [accept umrah; accept answers involving a visit to Mecca until “Makkah” is read; accept answers involving the obtaining of a permit for the hajj or purchasing a hajj package; prompt on pilgrimage; prompt on visiting Saudi Arabia until read]

<KT, Religion> | Packet M - Columbia A, Ohio State A, Maryland A, Toronto C, Clemson A, Notre Dame A

= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
John Marvin	Chicago A	Chicago C	65	10
Brendan Bethlehem	Cambridge A	Imperial A	66	10
Sumukh Murthy	UCSD A	UCLA B	71	10
Adil Haider	McMaster A	Guelph	71	10
Yaj Jhajhria	Washington A	Claremont	71	10
Amir Dolansky	Toronto E	Simon Fraser	73	10
Galen Mueller	McGill A	Waterloo A	73	10
Alana Dickey	Indiana B	Chicago E	73	10
Nathan Easow	Manchester	Cambridge B	73	10
Albert Nyang	LSE	Birmingham	76	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Arizona State	78	10
Ishan Joshi	Toronto Metropolitan	Carleton University	78	10
William Houston	Chicago B	Chicago D	78	10
Jakob Meyers	Indiana A	Northwestern B	78	10
Evan Gniadek	Purdue B	Northwestern C	78	10
John Augustyn	Notre Dame B	Northwestern D	78	10
Shardul Parthasarathy	Illinois B	Purdue A	78	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State	Bowdoin B	78	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis A	Harvard B	78	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis B	MIT	78	10
Tok Shing Henry Wong	Cambridge C	Oxford C	78	10
Artem Borisov	Bristol	Edinburgh A	78	10
Matt Sheldon	Oxford B	Southampton B	78	-5
Chris Yoo	William and Mary	Virginia Tech B	79	10
Isaac Studley	Carleton College	Iowa State	79	10
Danny Fisher	Warwick B	City St. George's	80	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial C	Cardiff	81	10
Jadon Pandian	UC Irvine	UCSD C	82	10
Max Bendsen	VCU	South Carolina A	82	10
Hafsa Shaikh	Toronto D	Brock	83	10
Stefan Vlad	Ottawa	UBC B	83	10
Andrew McCowan	Queen's	Toronto B	84	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia	Virginia Tech A	84	10
Alexander Clarke	Yale	Brown	84	-5
Nathan Long	Imperial B	Durham	84	10
Imran Abdul Rahman	UCL	Montpellier	84	10
Mehmet Tatoglu	Oxford A	Warwick A	84	10
Kaiwen Xiao	UCLA A	UCSD B	87	10
John Chen	UBC A	McGill B	87	10
Suyesh Paraju	NC State B	Liberty B	87	10
Katie Young	Liberty C	North Carolina A	87	10
Kevin Wang	Georgia Tech A	Missouri A	87	10
Samanyu Dixit	North Carolina C	Liberty A	92	10
Christian Sherrington	Southampton A	Edinburgh B	94	10
Athan Juritsch	Toronto G	Western B	105	10
Arjun Kala	Illinois A	Illinois C	105	10
Sam Kung	North Carolina B	South Carolina B	110	10
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto F	Waterloo B	113	10
Michael Kearney	Harvard A	Bowdoin A	116	10
Alex Jiang	Brown	Yale	126	10
Zosia Mikolajczuk	Southampton B	Oxford B	126	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
California (South)	Main Site	✓	4	100%	0%	79.50
Canada	Main Site	✓	10	100%	0%	85.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	7	14%	0%	87.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	7	86%	0%	89.00
Midwest	Main Site	✓	8	100%	0%	79.13
Northeast	Main Site	✓	5	100%	20%	95.20
Overflow	Main Site	✓	3	100%	0%	79.00
UK	Main Site	✓	12	100%	8%	83.67