gurdwaras - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

These locations fly the orange Nishan Sahib (“nih-SHAAN SAH-hib”) flag outside their entrances. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name these houses of worship which contain a main darbar room and communal langar (“LUNG-er”) kitchens that offer free meals.

ANSWER: gurdwaras [or gurudwaras; prompt on, BUT DO NOT OTHERWISE REVEAL, Sikh temples]

[10e] Members of this religion worship in gurdwaras, whose male adherents are often seen wearing turbans.

ANSWER: Sikhism [or Sikhi]

[10h] The Nishan Sahib flag depicts a Khanda, which consists of a double-edged chakkar, and two of these daggers that represent Miri Piri. Karah parshad (“KUH-rah per-SHAHD”) is usually touched by one of these daggers during a Gurdwara service.

ANSWER: kirpans

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Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	12.50	100%	17%	8%
Midwest	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	16.67	100%	58%	8%
Pacific	Main	Y	9	17.78	89%	56%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
UK (North)	UK	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
UK (South)	UK	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


McMaster A	Toronto B	10	10	10	30
NYU C	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
NYU A	George Mason A	10	10	0	20
George Mason B	Rutgers D	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins	Vassar A	0	10	0	10
Lehigh B	Columbia A	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	Maryland A	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Stony Brook	Penn	0	10	0	10
Princeton	Lehigh A	0	10	0	10
George Mason C	Rowan	0	10	0	10
Rutgers A	Maryland C	10	10	10	30
Vassar B	Rutgers C	0	10	0	10
WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth B	Boston College A	10	10	10	30
Boston University B	Boston College B	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth A	Amherst A	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth C	Harvard	10	10	0	20
MIT A	Brandeis Mozart	10	10	0	20
Vermont B	Tufts A	0	10	0	10
Southern Connecticut State University A	Tufts C	10	10	0	20
Tufts B	Brandeis Bach	0	10	0	10
Vermont A	UConn A	0	10	0	10
Williams A	Brown A	10	10	0	20
Brown B	Williams B	0	10	0	10
Williams C	MIT B	10	10	0	20
Alberta A	Arizona State A	10	10	10	30
Arizona State B	Washington Sockeye	10	10	0	20
Washington State	British Columbia A	0	0	0	0
British Columbia C	British Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Texas	Washington Chum	0	10	10	20
Washington Atlantic	Alberta B	10	10	0	20
Washington Chinook	Boise State	0	10	0	10
Washington Masu	Washington Coho	0	10	0	10
Washington Pink	Washington Steelhead	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt A	Chipola College	10	10	0	20
Sheffield B	Edinburgh A	10	10	10	30
Cardiff	Cambridge B	10	10	0	20
RIT A	Cornell D	0	10	0	10