shimenawa - 2025 ACF Regionals

Question

These objects are placed around villages in order to prevent evil spirits in the practice of kanjo. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name these long rice straw ropes often decorated with shide (“SHEE-day”) paper streamers that designate a sacred place in Shinto.

ANSWER: shimenawa [prompt on ropes]

[10e] Due to their spiritual significance, shimenawa are often hung from these gates found at the entrance of Shinto shrines.

ANSWER: torii

[10m] When these objects are decorated with shimenawa, they are known as kura, or “storehouses,” for kami. Places named for containing these general objects may be “raked” to produce patterns resembling ripples.

ANSWER: rocks [or stones; or iwa; accept gravel; accept rock gardens]

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Summary


California	2025-02-01	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	6	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	6	18.33	83%	67%	33%
Northeast	2025-02-01	Y	5	10.00	80%	20%	0%
Pacific Northwest	2025-02-01	Y	2	15.00	100%	0%	50%
South Central	2025-02-01	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
UK	2025-02-01	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	8	16.25	75%	75%	13%

Data


UC Berkeley B	Claremont B	0	10	10	20
UC Berkeley A	UCLA	0	10	10	20
Claremont A	UCSD	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	Liberty B	0	10	10	20
William & Mary	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
UNC B	UNC C	0	10	10	20
Duke	UNC D	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Virginia A	0	10	10	20
South Carolina	Wake Forest	0	10	10	20
Indiana B	Chicago B	0	0	0	0
WashU A	Chicago C	0	10	0	10
WashU B	Chicago D	0	10	10	20
Illinois B	Illinois C	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Missoui S&T	10	10	10	30
Indiana A	Missouri	10	10	10	30
Harvard A	BU	0	10	0	10
MIT A	Brandeis B	0	10	10	20
Harvard B	Brown A	0	10	0	10
UMass Boston	Tufts A	0	10	0	10
UBC	UW A	10	10	0	20
UW B	Alberta	0	10	0	10
ASU	Texas B	0	10	0	10
Texas A	TAMU	0	10	10	20
Brandeis A	Dartmouth A	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech C	Bruin A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge B	Cambridge D	0	10	10	20
LSE	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Warwick B	0	10	10	20
Oxford C	Southampton A	0	10	0	10
Sheffield	Bristol	0	10	0	10
Cornell B	George Washington A	0	10	10	20
Yale A	Haverford A	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	John Jay College	0	0	10	10
Maryland A	Penn B	0	10	0	10
NYU A	George Washington B	0	10	10	20
Penn A	Haverford B	0	0	10	10
Rutgers A	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Vassar A	Columbia C	0	10	10	20