Presbyterianism - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

The largest Irish church of this denomination uses the burning bush as a symbol with the Latin phrase ardens non virens. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this denomination of Christianity developed by Scottish minister John Knox. This denomination’s name derives from a Greek word meaning “elder.”

ANSWER: Presbyterianism [accept Presbyterian Church in Ireland]

[10e] Presbyterians usually celebrate two sacraments, the Communion and this practice. This practice is done to bless infants by either sprinkling or pouring holy water on them.

ANSWER: baptism [accept word forms such as being baptized; accept christening; accept word forms such as being christened]

[10h] This term refers to the level of administration between the presbytery (“PREZ-bih-terry”) and the general assembly. One of these councils at Whitby declared “that Easter would be celebrated according to the Roman date.”

ANSWER: synods [accept Synod of Whitby]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	71%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	22%	33%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	78%	0%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	16.67	100%	58%	8%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	16.25	88%	63%	13%
South Central	Main	Y	6	16.67	100%	33%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	15.00	92%	58%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%

Data


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