Hokkien - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

A UNESCO World Heritage site in this province includes numerous tǔlóu, large earthen structures with an interior courtyard meant for housing and defense. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this province home to Xiàmén (“sh’YAH-men”) and Quánzhōu (“ch’WEN-joh”). This province shares one of its names with a native Southern Min language that is spoken by the majority of inhabitants on a [emphasize] nearby island in cities like Kaohsiung.

ANSWER: Hokkien [or Hok-kiàn-séng or Fújiàn or Fukien or Fuchien] (Kaohsiung is on Taiwan.)

[10e] The UNESCO-recognized biodiversity of Fújiàn’s mountains has been threatened by terraces used to grow this good. Fujian produces both oolong and Jasmine varieties of this good.

ANSWER: tea [or tea leaves or tê or chá or chai]

[10m] The Fújiàn-native Buddha Jumps Over the Wall soup is expensive in part due to this animal product. This animal product’s use in soups is contested due to both humanitarian concerns and bioaccumulated mercury levels.

ANSWER: shark fin [or yúchì or hî-tshì; prompt on shark; prompt on fin]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	24.29	100%	100%	43%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	20.00	80%	80%	40%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	22.22	78%	89%	56%
Florida	Main	Y	4	17.50	75%	100%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	15.83	67%	67%	25%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	15.00	50%	100%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	12.22	56%	56%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	12.50	50%	75%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	10	15.00	40%	80%	30%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	23.75	75%	100%	63%
South Central	Main	Y	7	12.86	86%	43%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	14.62	69%	62%	15%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	12.00	40%	80%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	16.25	63%	88%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%

Data


Stanford B	Berkeley Archer Queen	10	10	0	20
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Boss Bandit	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	10	10	10	30
Claremont A	Claremont B	0	10	10	20
UC Santa Barbara	UCSD A	10	10	10	30
UCLA A	USC A	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCLA D	0	10	10	20
UCSD B	UCLA C	0	10	10	20
USC B	UCLA E	10	10	10	30
UCLA F	UC Irvine	10	10	10	30
Carleton A	Carleton B	0	0	10	10
McGill B	McGill A	10	10	10	30
Ottawa B	McGill C	0	10	10	20
McGill E	Ottawa C	0	10	10	20
Ottawa D	Ottawa A	10	10	0	20
Toronto E	McMaster B	10	10	10	30
McMaster C	Toronto I	0	0	0	0
Queen's A	Toronto F	0	10	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto A	10	10	10	30
McMaster A	Toronto B	0	10	10	20
Guelph A	Toronto G	10	10	10	30
Toronto H	Brock A	10	0	10	20
Toronto D	Waterloo A	10	10	10	30
Waterloo B	Waterloo C	0	10	10	20
Florida A	Florida B	0	10	10	20
ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech B	0	10	10	20
Florida State A	South Florida A	0	10	10	20
UCF A	Florida Tech A	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	CWRU A	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	CWRU B	0	0	10	10
Ohio State B	CWRU D	0	10	0	10
Louisville D	Kentucky	0	0	10	10
Michigan B	Michigan State A	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	Louisville B	0	0	10	10
Michigan State B	Ohio State A	0	10	10	20
Ohio State C	CWRU C	10	10	0	20
Louisville C	Ohio State D	0	0	10	10
Pittsburgh	Michigan D	0	10	10	20
WVU A	Michigan State C	0	10	0	10
Michigan State D	WVU B	0	10	0	10
Duke A	Liberty A	0	10	10	20
Liberty B	JMU B	0	10	10	20
Liberty C	NCSU B	0	10	10	20
UNC A	NCSU A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech C	UNC C	0	10	10	20
VCU A	UNC B	0	10	10	20
William & Mary A	Virginia A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	10	20
William & Mary C	William & Mary B	0	10	10	20
George Mason A	Maryland A	0	0	10	10
Rutgers A	Maryland C	0	10	10	20
Iowa A	Chicago A	0	10	10	20
Chicago B	Illinois Urbana	0	0	0	0
Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	Macalester	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	0	10	0	10
St. Thomas	Wisconsin A	0	0	10	10
Minnesota	Wisconsin C	0	0	10	10
Tufts C	Amherst B	0	0	10	10
MIT A	Boston College A	0	0	10	10
Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	0	0	10	10
Amherst A	Brown A	10	0	10	20
Brown B	Dartmouth B	10	10	10	30
Vermont B	Dartmouth A	0	0	10	10
Williams C	Harvard	0	10	10	20
Brandeis Beethoven	MIT B	10	10	0	20
Tufts B	UConn A	0	0	0	0
Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	0	10	10	20
Washington Steelhead	Alberta A	10	10	10	30
Washington State	Arizona State A	10	10	10	30
Washington Coho	Arizona State B	0	10	10	20
Washington Masu	Boise State	0	0	10	10
British Columbia A	Texas	10	10	10	30
British Columbia B	Washington Atlantic	0	0	10	10
Washington Chum	British Columbia C	10	10	10	30
Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Purdue C	0	0	0	0
Purdue B	Iowa B	0	0	10	10
Rose-Hulman A	William Woods University A	0	0	10	10
WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	0	10	10	20
WashU Grolars	Purdue D	0	10	10	20
Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State A	0	10	0	10
Rose State	Kansas State B	0	10	0	10
Nebraska C	Murray State College B	0	10	10	20
Nebraska B	Central Oklahoma A	0	10	10	20
Oklahoma	Murray State College A	0	10	10	20
Nebraska A	Tulsa A	0	0	0	0
Harding	Tulsa B	0	10	0	10
Auburn B	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
Auburn C	Mississippi State A	0	0	0	0
Chipola College	Alabama A	0	0	10	10
Clemson B	Clemson C	0	0	10	10
Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	0	10	10	20
Clemson A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Montevallo	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Tennessee A	10	10	10	30
Tennessee B	Sewanne	0	0	0	0
Vanderbilt B	Vanderbilt C	10	10	10	30
Indiana A	Illinois Canada	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	Durham A	0	0	10	10
Birmingham	Southampton	0	0	10	10
Cambridge D	Bristol	0	0	10	10
Cambridge C	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Cardiff	0	10	10	20
Imperial A	Warwick	0	10	10	20
Imperial C	LSE	0	10	10	20
Cambridge E	Imperial D	0	0	10	10
Cambridge A	Oxford	10	10	10	30
Cornell B	Binghamton C	0	10	0	10
Cornell A	ESF	0	10	10	20
Cornell D	RIT B	0	10	0	10
RIT A	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
Rochester	Binghamton B	0	10	0	10
Durham C	Edinburgh C	0	0	10	10
Durham D	Edinburgh B	0	10	10	20
Sheffield A	Durham B	0	0	10	10
Edinburgh D	York	0	10	0	10