New Year’s Day - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

In Japanese folklore, a hatsuyume (“HAHT-soo-yoo-meh”) is the first dream after this day. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this day whose lunar type is celebrated in China with gifts of red envelopes.

ANSWER: New Year’s Day [accept Solar New Year; accept Chinese New Year; or Lunar New Year; or shōgatsu; or shin’nen; or xīnnián; prompt on Spring Festival or chūnjié]

[10m] Most Japanese families send nengajo to each other on New Year’s Day, except when this type of event occurred in the past year. Shinigami are kami that help facilitate this event that is honored by the Bon Festival.

ANSWER: death [accept word forms like dying; accept other euphemisms like passed away and kicked the bucket]

[10h] At the turn of the new year, Buddhist temples use a bonshō, one of these objects, 108 times. During the Bon Festival, two of these objects summon and send back spirits of the dead.

ANSWER: bells [accept Buddhist bells; or hanging bells; or great bells; accept tsurigane; or ōgane]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	86%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Florida	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	23.00	100%	90%	40%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	89%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	19.17	100%	58%	33%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	50%	38%
South Central	Main	Y	6	16.67	100%	50%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	21.67	100%	75%	42%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%

Data


Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	10	10	30
Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Boss Bandit	10	10	10	30
Berkeley Archer Queen	UCSC	10	10	0	20
Stanford B	Stanford A	10	0	0	10
UCLA E	Claremont A	10	10	10	30
UCLA F	USC B	10	10	0	20
UCLA D	USC A	10	10	0	20
UCSD B	Claremont B	10	0	0	10
UCSD A	UC Irvine	10	10	0	20
UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	10	10	10	30
UCLA C	UCLA A	10	10	0	20
Carleton A	Carleton B	10	10	0	20
McGill C	Ottawa A	10	10	0	20
McGill B	Ottawa B	10	0	0	10
McGill E	Ottawa C	10	0	0	10
UCF A	Florida A	10	0	0	10
South Florida A	Florida B	10	10	10	30
Florida Tech A	Florida State A	10	10	0	20
Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	10	0	0	10
Ottawa D	McGill A	10	10	10	30
CWRU B	Michigan State C	10	10	0	20
Ohio State B	CWRU C	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	Kentucky	10	0	0	10
Ohio State A	Louisville D	10	10	10	30
Michigan A	Louisville C	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	Michigan State B	10	10	0	20
Pittsburgh	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Michigan D	CWRU D	10	10	0	20
CWRU A	Michigan State A	10	10	10	30
Ohio State C	WVU A	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	JMU B	10	10	0	20
UNC A	JMU A	10	10	0	20
Liberty B	UNC D	10	0	0	10
NCSU A	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
William & Mary A	UNC B	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech B	UNC C	10	0	0	10
VCU A	NCSU B	10	10	0	20
William & Mary B	Virginia Tech C	10	0	10	20
Liberty A	William & Mary C	10	10	0	20
NYU B	George Mason C	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A	Johns Hopkins	10	10	0	20
Maryland B	Vassar A	10	10	0	20
NYU A	Princeton	10	10	0	20
Penn	Lehigh B	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Rowan	10	10	0	20
Rutgers D	Columbia B	10	10	0	20
Stony Brook	Rutgers C	10	10	10	30
Vassar B	NYU C	10	0	0	10
Iowa State	Wisconsin A	10	10	10	30
Macalester	Wisconsin C	10	10	10	30
St. Thomas	Minnesota	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	10	0	0	10
Tufts A	Brandeis Beethoven	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Mozart	Amherst B	10	0	0	10
Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	10	10	0	20
Vermont A	Dartmouth C	10	10	10	30
Southern Connecticut State University A	Harvard	10	0	0	10
Amherst A	MIT B	10	0	0	10
Tufts C	Williams C	10	0	0	10
Williams A	Tufts B	10	10	0	20
UConn A	MIT A	10	10	0	20
Brown B	Vermont B	10	0	10	20
Williams B	Boston College B	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth B	Brown A	10	10	10	30
British Columbia A	Arizona State B	10	0	0	10
Alberta B	Arizona State A	10	10	10	30
Washington Chum	Washington Sockeye	10	0	0	10
Washington Atlantic	Washington Coho	10	10	10	30
Washington Masu	Washington State	10	0	0	10
Washington Pink	Boise State	10	0	0	10
Texas	Washington Steelhead	10	10	0	20
British Columbia B	Washington Chinook	10	10	10	30
Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State B	10	0	0	10
Kansas State A	Tulsa B	10	10	0	20
Oklahoma	Murray State College B	10	10	0	20
Nebraska A	Nebraska C	10	0	0	10
Nebraska B	Harding	10	10	10	30
Murray State College A	Rose State	10	0	0	10
Alabama A	Auburn A	10	0	0	10
Chipola College	Auburn B	10	10	10	30
Tennessee B	Auburn C	10	10	0	20
Emory A	Clemson B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	Georgia A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech E	Clemson C	10	10	10	30
Montevallo	Georgia Tech F	10	10	10	30
South Carolina A	Clemson A	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	Sewanne	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt A	Tennessee Tech	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh C	Durham B	10	10	0	20
Durham D	Sheffield B	10	0	0	10
Durham A	Edinburgh D	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh B	Sheffield A	10	0	0	10
York	Durham C	10	0	0	10
Binghamton A	Rochester	10	10	0	20
RIT A	Binghamton B	10	0	0	10
Binghamton C	Cornell A	10	0	0	10
RIT B	Cornell B	10	10	0	20
Cornell D	Cornell C	10	10	0	20