Tibetan Buddhism - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

One sect in this tradition uses an “A” inside a circle to represent the “rainbow body,” a concept likely borrowed from an indigenous religion which the Rimé movement attempts (10[1])to harmonize with this tradition. Adherents to this tradition make (10[1])votive torma sculptures (10[1])out of (10[1])dyed butter (10[2])and use (-5[1])meteoric (10[1])iron to produce ritual phurba (“POOR-bah”) daggers. The youngest (-5[1])of four schools in this tradition is named for (10[1])their distinctive yellow (10[2])headwear, (10[6]-5[1])while (10[1])the (10[1])oldest, (10[7]-5[2])Nyingma (10[3]-5[1])(“nuh-YING-muh”), produced (-5[1])this tradition’s (-5[2])“Book (10[1])of the Dead.” (10[6])Dharamsala (10[4]-5[1])is the location (10[1])of a theocratic (10[2])government-in-exile (10[2])from this religious tradition (10[3]-5[2])which (10[1])formerly (10[1])ruled (10[2])from Lhasa’s (10[2])Potala Palace. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[2])what tradition’s 14th Dalai Lama (10[1])is Tenzin (10[1])Gyatso? ■END■ (10[9]0[3])

ANSWER: Tibetan Buddhism [prompt on Buddhism; prompt on Mahayana Buddhism or Vajrayana Buddhism; prompt on Dzogchen or Gelug or Nyingma until “Nyingma” is read by asking “which forms part of what broader tradition?”]

= Average correct buzz position

Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	69.00
Southern California	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	17%	80.00
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	12	92%	0%	17%	79.00
Florida	Main	Y	3	100%	0%	0%	91.67
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	1	100%	0%	0%	45.00
Upper Midwest	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	40%	88.70
North	Main	Y	5	100%	0%	0%	84.80
Northwest	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	25%	82.75
South Central	Main	Y	8	88%	0%	38%	91.57
Southeast	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	13%	79.13
UK	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	0%	76.11

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Sky Li	Toronto A	McGill C	28	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	38	10
Albert Nyang	LSE A	Imperial B	41	10
Aatreyo Bhattacharyya	Berkeley C	Stanford B	43	10
Karthik Jayaram	UCLA A	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	45	10
Braden Booth	Missouri A	WashU A	45	10
Sayed Muaaz	Alberta	British Columbia B	47	-5
Isaac Millians	USC	UCLA B	48	10
Stephen Walsh	Northwestern B	Northwestern A	56	-5
Ben Wismath	Toronto B	Toronto I	65	10
Sriram Susarla	British Columbia C	British Columbia A	68	10
Dennis Reppen	Imperial A	Sheffield B	68	10
Yihong Chen	Toronto C	McMaster C	69	10
Yash Modi	Western Ontario	Toronto Metropolitan	69	10
Sasha Tripathi	Chicago C	Michigan B	69	-5
Olivia Kiser	Kentucky	Purdue A	69	10
Will McCurley	Auburn A	Georgia Tech D	69	10
Tianyu Xu	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech B	69	10
Kai Madgwick	Manchester A	Durham B	69	10
Jack Lewis	Bruin A	Vanderbilt A	70	10
Puna Ekka	Minnesota A	Minnesota B	71	10
Vikram Narasimhan	Stanford C	Berkeley D	72	10
Kevin Le	Carleton	McMaster A	72	10
Uday Bhardwaj	McGill B	Toronto D	72	10
Joshua Koch	Michigan A	Notre Dame A	72	-5
Aneesh Shrotriya	Purdue B	Illinois C	72	-5
Yaj Jhajhria	Washington A	British Columbia D	72	10
Ved Muthusamy	Northwestern A	Northwestern B	72	10
Young Fenimore Lee	Ohio	Rose State	72	10
Henry Wong Tok Shing	Cambridge C	Bristol B	72	10
Terrence Han	UCLA D	UCSD Vices and Virtues	73	10
Sean Gao	Toronto K	Ottawa	73	-5
Anne Fjeld	Alberta B	UCO	73	10
Abdelrahman Elsisi	Sheffield A	Durham A	73	10
Jisoo Yoo	Texas B	Texas A	74	-5
Gavin Ge	Waterloo	Toronto J	76	-5
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State A	McGill D	76	-5
Raymond Ha	Chicago D	Louisville A	77	10
Michał Gerasimiuk	Stanford A	Berkeley B	80	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	UIC	80	10
Alex Akridge	Indiana A	Notre Dame B	80	10
Milo Scanlon	Macalester B	Carleton	80	10
Kevin Ye	Simon Fraser	Washington B	80	10
Kapil Nathan	UAB A	Alabama B	80	10
Tanay Bodducherla	Berkeley E	Berkeley A	81	10
Aryan Desarapu	Michigan B	Chicago C	81	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanee A	Auburn B	81	-5
Zachary Foster	City St George's A	Cambridge B	81	10
Elliot Cosnett	Oxford A	Southampton A	81	10
Mateo Acosta	FIU	UF B	84	10
Christina Popov	Queen's B	Toronto E	87	10
Alden Baker	St. Thomas	Macalester A	87	10
Amir Dolansky	Toronto H	McGill A	88	10
Ethan Ma	Illinois B	Notre Dame D	88	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont Scripps	UCI	92	-5
Winston Zuo	UCSB	UCLA C	92	10
Alexander Nichols	UCF A	UCF B	92	10
David Thomas	Purdue C	Chicago B	92	-5
Dylan Lewis	Nebraska	Minnesota C	92	10
Hiten Umarnani	Imperial C	Sheffield C	93	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin	94	10
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Notre Dame C	95	10
Jacob Finley	Notre Dame A	Michigan A	95	10
Eva Mandelbaum	Guelph A	McMaster B	97	10
Felix Garrett Johnston	Huntsville A	Huntsville B	97	10
Matthew Andersen	UF A	UF E	99	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Mississippi State A	99	10
Rae Meyers	Arizona State B	Northwestern C	102	10
Bryce Cruise	Texas A	Texas B	102	10
Mia Clark-Webb	Oxford B	Southampton B	107	10
Nihal Anand	UTD A	UTD B	109	10
Scott Sibley	UCI	Claremont Scripps	111	10
Clio Selyuzhitsky	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	Claremont Pitzer	111	10
Raisa Tabassum	Guelph B	Toronto F	111	0
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Guelph B	111	0
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto J	Waterloo	111	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa	Toronto K	111	10
Samarth Ram	Chicago B	Purdue C	111	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois C	Purdue B	111	10
John Chen	British Columbia B	Alberta	111	10
Devito Stevanus	McGill D	Arizona State A	111	10
Mason Evans	Tulsa	Iowa	111	0
Doug Frederick	Auburn B	Sewanee A	111	10

Northern California

Main

100%

69.00

Southern California

Main

100%

17%

80.00

Eastern Canada

Main

92%

17%

79.00

Florida

Main

100%

91.67

Lower Midwest

Main

100%

45.00

Upper Midwest

Main

100%

40%

88.70

North

Main

100%

84.80

Northwest

Main

100%

25%

82.75

South Central

Main

88%

38%

91.57

Southeast

Main

100%

13%

79.13

Main

100%

76.11

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Sky Li

Toronto A

McGill C

Emerson Patmore

Georgia Tech C

Vanderbilt B

Albert Nyang

LSE A

Imperial B

Aatreyo Bhattacharyya

Berkeley C

Stanford B

Karthik Jayaram

UCLA A

UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms

Braden Booth

Missouri A

WashU A

Sayed Muaaz

Alberta

British Columbia B

-5

Isaac Millians

USC

UCLA B

Stephen Walsh

Northwestern B

Northwestern A

-5

Ben Wismath

Toronto B

Toronto I

Sriram Susarla

British Columbia C

British Columbia A

Dennis Reppen

Imperial A

Sheffield B

Yihong Chen

Toronto C

McMaster C

Yash Modi

Western Ontario

Toronto Metropolitan

Sasha Tripathi

Chicago C

Michigan B

-5

Olivia Kiser

Kentucky

Purdue A

Will McCurley

Auburn A

Georgia Tech D

Tianyu Xu

Georgia Tech A

Georgia Tech B

Kai Madgwick

Manchester A

Durham B

Jack Lewis

Bruin A

Vanderbilt A

Puna Ekka

Minnesota A

Minnesota B

Vikram Narasimhan

Stanford C

Berkeley D

Kevin Le

Carleton

McMaster A

Uday Bhardwaj

McGill B

Toronto D

Joshua Koch

Michigan A

Notre Dame A

-5

Aneesh Shrotriya

Purdue B

Illinois C

-5

Yaj Jhajhria

Washington A

British Columbia D

Ved Muthusamy

Northwestern A

Northwestern B

Young Fenimore Lee

Ohio

Rose State

Henry Wong Tok Shing

Cambridge C

Bristol B

Terrence Han

UCLA D

UCSD Vices and Virtues

Sean Gao

Toronto K

Ottawa

-5

Anne Fjeld

Alberta B

UCO

Abdelrahman Elsisi

Sheffield A

Durham A

Jisoo Yoo

Texas B

Texas A

-5

Gavin Ge

Waterloo

Toronto J

-5

Skand Parvatikar

Arizona State A

McGill D

-5

Raymond Ha

Chicago D

Louisville A

Michał Gerasimiuk

Stanford A

Berkeley B

Reed Sexton

Michigan C

UIC

Alex Akridge

Indiana A

Notre Dame B

Milo Scanlon

Macalester B

Carleton

Kevin Ye

Simon Fraser

Washington B

Kapil Nathan

UAB A

Alabama B

Tanay Bodducherla

Berkeley E

Berkeley A

Aryan Desarapu

Michigan B

Chicago C

Nelson Adams-Riley

Sewanee A

Auburn B

-5

Zachary Foster

City St George's A

Cambridge B

Elliot Cosnett

Oxford A

Southampton A

Mateo Acosta

FIU

UF B

Christina Popov

Queen's B

Toronto E

Alden Baker

St. Thomas

Macalester A

Amir Dolansky

Toronto H

McGill A

Ethan Ma

Illinois B

Notre Dame D

Scarlet Rutter

Claremont Scripps

UCI

-5

Winston Zuo

UCSB

UCLA C

Alexander Nichols

UCF A

UCF B

David Thomas

Purdue C

Chicago B

-5

Dylan Lewis

Nebraska

Minnesota C

Hiten Umarnani

Imperial C

Sheffield C

James Horsley

Iowa State

Wisconsin

Joseph Strom

Louisville B

Notre Dame C

Jacob Finley

Notre Dame A

Michigan A

Eva Mandelbaum

Guelph A

McMaster B

Felix Garrett Johnston

Huntsville A

Huntsville B

Matthew Andersen

UF A

UF E

Britton Webster

Alabama A

Mississippi State A

Rae Meyers

Arizona State B

Northwestern C

102

Bryce Cruise

Texas A

Texas B

102

Mia Clark-Webb

Oxford B

Southampton B

107

Nihal Anand

UTD A

UTD B

109

Scott Sibley

UCI

Claremont Scripps

111

Clio Selyuzhitsky

UCSD What Hath God Wrought

Claremont Pitzer

111

Raisa Tabassum

Guelph B

Toronto F

111

Samuel Zheng

Toronto F

Guelph B

111

Nathaniel Godfrey

Toronto J

Waterloo

111

Aedan Cooper

Ottawa

Toronto K

111

Samarth Ram

Chicago B

Purdue C

111

Kevin Yang

Illinois C

Purdue B

111

John Chen

British Columbia B

Alberta

111

Devito Stevanus

McGill D

Arizona State A

111

Mason Evans

Tulsa

Iowa

111

Doug Frederick

Auburn B

Sewanee A

111