Surya - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet J: Tossup 12

The constellation Capricorn, or makara, names an auspicious day dedicated primarily to this deity (10[1]-5[1])that Gujaratis celebrate with thousands of flying kites. This god and his sister are honored by the ritual (-5[1])of kosi (-5[1])bharai, in which women weave small mandapas composed of seven pieces of sugarcane as part of the four-day-long festivities (-5[1])of Chhath (-5[1])Puja. (-5[1])This god’s (-5[1])jayanti (-5[1])is celebrated on the seventh day of (-5[1])the bright (-5[1])half (-5[1])of Magha, which (-5[1])marks the day he turns north with his spoked chariot drawn by seven horses. (10[2]-5[1])That chariot of this god (10[1])inspired the design of an ancient temple (-5[1])located in (10[1])the town (10[1])of (10[1])Konark. (10[4])Tamils celebrate this (-5[1])deity (-5[1])by boiling rice (10[1])with milk during (10[1])the festival of Pongal. (-5[2])Both Yama (-5[1])and Yamuna were born to this god and his wife, Chhaya. For 10 points, name this Hindu god of the (10[1])sun. (10[4]) (10[31]0[42])■END■

ANSWER: Surya [or Ravi or Vaivasvat or Bhāskara or Savitṛ or Aditya]

<KT, Religion> | Packet J - Southampton A, Indiana A, Illinois B, Edinburgh A

= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Ved Muthusamy	Northwestern B	Indiana B	13	10
Ben LaFond	Cambridge B	City St. George's	13	-5
Swapnil Garg	Berkeley A	Berkeley B	31	-5
Micah Colman	Waterloo A	UBC A	33	-5
John Marvin	Chicago A	Chicago E	52	-5
Ariel Faeder	Pittsburgh	CWRU B	54	-5
Sumukh Murthy	UCSD A	UCSD B	55	-5
Albert Nyang	LSE	Cambridge C	57	-5
Hiten Umarnani	Imperial C	Oxford A	58	-5
Rohan Dalal	Georgia Tech A	Minnesota A	65	-5
Jack Lewis	Bruin	WashU A	67	-5
Yash Mandavia	Illinois A	Chicago B	68	-5
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD C	71	-5
Monica Wang	Guelph	Toronto E	85	10
Sinecio Morales	Johns Hopkins A	Columbia A	85	-5
Ani Perumalla	Penn State	RIT	85	10
James McCurley	Harvard A	Southern Connecticut State	90	10
Dillon George	Catholic	Maryland B	97	-5
Yashwanth Bajji	Michigan A	Ohio State B	99	10
Eshan Pant	NYU A	Maryland A	101	10
Rishi Pendyala	Cornell C	Rochester	102	10
Alex Jiang	Brown	Dartmouth B	103	10
Monish Jampala	Georgia Tech D	Tennessee A	103	10
Vayun Krishna	Georgetown	Swarthmore	103	10
Vikshar Athreya	Rutgers A	Maryland C	103	10
Yrwin Batan	MIT	Yale	106	-5
Pranay Malhotra	NYU C	Vassar	107	-5
Yash Modi	Western B	Western A	110	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas B	Texas A	113	10
Safiya Hasan	Missouri B	Carleton College	117	-5
Pranaav Senthilkumar	Cornell B	Cornell A	117	-5
Tianyu Xu	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech C	119	-5
James O'Reilly	Arizona State	UCLA B	139	10
Tanay Bodducherla	Berkeley B	Berkeley A	140	10
Jay Misuk	Western C	Toronto G	140	10
Zach Foster	City St. George's	Cambridge B	140	10
Moses Kitakule	Columbia A	Johns Hopkins A	140	10
Rishabh Dave	Berkeley D	Berkeley C	141	10
Michał Gerasimiuk	Stanford A	Stanford B	141	10
Kaiwen Xiao	UCLA A	UC Irvine	141	0
Jaiden Li	UCSD B	UCSD A	141	0
Luke Sloan	McGill B	Brock	141	10
Asha Basu	McGill A	Waterloo B	141	10
Andrew McCowan	Queen's	McMaster A	141	0
Ben Wismath	Toronto B	Ottawa	141	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Simon Fraser	141	10
Ishan Joshi	Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto D	141	10
Yusuf Baig	McMaster B	Toronto F	141	0
Saju Ramraj	Toronto F	McMaster B	141	0
Matthew Wang	UBC A	Waterloo A	141	10
Kevin Le	Carleton University	UBC B	141	10
Khanh Nguyen	Florida C	Central Florida B	141	0
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Central Florida A	141	0
Shiva Tegulla	Central Florida A	Florida A	141	10
Emmanuel Alayande	Florida B	Central Florida C	141	0
Biyang Zhang	Michigan B	Michigan State	141	10
Carter Pisocky	Michigan C	CWRU A	141	0
Meredith Wiper	CWRU A	Michigan C	141	0
Varun Sathyajeeth	Ohio State C	Ohio State A	141	10
Angelo Pan	CWRU B	Pittsburgh	141	10
John Gamble	NC State A	Liberty B	141	0
Emily Snider	Liberty B	NC State A	141	0
David Ropp	Duke	North Carolina A	141	0
Samanyu Dixit	North Carolina C	Virginia Tech A	141	10
Kabir Zaman	South Carolina B	James Madison B	141	0
Summer Solis	James Madison B	South Carolina B	141	0
John McQueen	South Carolina A	Virginia Tech B	141	0
Eric Chang	Virginia Tech B	South Carolina A	141	0
Joseph Chambers	Virginia	James Madison A	141	10
Dan Rajaratnam	NC State B	Wake Forest	141	0
James Watson	Wake Forest	NC State B	141	0
Chris Yoo	William and Mary	VCU	141	10
Samarth Ram	Chicago B	Illinois A	141	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois C	Indiana C	141	10
Aditya Rajesh	Northwestern C	Notre Dame A	141	10
Matthew Vidal	Northwestern D	Chicago D	141	0
Mats Miller	Chicago D	Northwestern D	141	0
Sasha Tripathi	Chicago C	Purdue B	141	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth A	Brandeis A	141	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis B	Harvard B	141	0
Isaac Studley	Carleton College	Missouri B	141	0
Puna Ekka	Minnesota A	Georgia Tech A	141	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington B	Claremont	141	10
Shreyas Rajagopal	Texas A&M A	Murray State A	141	10
Charles Hang	WashU A	Bruin	141	10
Graham Cope	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech B	141	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Louisville B	141	0
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Alabama A	141	0
Zach Kennett	Alabama B	Mississipi State	141	0
Veer Vanmali	Mississipi State	Alabama B	141	0
Jaime Sneed	Sewanee	Tennessee B	141	0
Alina Moore	Tennessee B	Sewanee	141	0
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Vanderbilt B	141	10
Camden Walker	WashU B	Kentucky	141	0
Chandler Wolke	Kentucky	WashU B	141	0
Tok Shing Henry Wong	Cambridge C	LSE	141	10
Lovel Hearn	Edinburgh B	Bristol	141	0
Ted Warner	Bristol	Edinburgh B	141	0
Hamish Campbell	Durham	Oxford B	141	0
Paige Crawley	Oxford B	Durham	141	10
Oscar O'Flanagan	Imperial A	UCL	141	0
Daniel Kim	Maryland B	Catholic	141	0
Mark Tawfik	Rutgers B	Columbia C	141	0
Jerry Vinokurov	John Jay	Johns Hopkins B	141	0
Jarman Taylor	Johns Hopkins B	John Jay	141	0
Omkar Marathe	Columbia B	NYU B	141	10
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar	NYU C	141	0
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton A	Binghamton B	141	0
Violet Page	Binghamton B	Binghamton A	141	0
Alec Riso	Cornell A	Cornell B	141	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	100%	33%	140.67
California (South)	Main Site	✓	4	25%	50%	139.00
Canada	Main Site	✓	12	83%	8%	132.20
Florida	Main Site	✓	3	33%	0%	141.00
Great Lakes	Main Site	✓	5	80%	20%	130.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	33%	0%	141.00
Midwest	Main Site	✓	8	63%	25%	115.40
Northeast	Main Site	✓	5	60%	20%	111.33
Overflow	Main Site	✓	3	67%	67%	141.00
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	100%	0%	127.00
Southeast	Main Site	✓	8	50%	25%	131.50
UK	Main Site	✓	6	50%	50%	140.67
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	56%	33%	117.60
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	4	75%	25%	109.33