Rumi - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

Coleman Barks’ rendering of this poet’s line “out beyond ideas of right and wrong, there is a field” removes its religious connotation. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this poet who wrote of an instrument that’s “played with fire, not with wind” in “The Song of the Reed Flute.”

ANSWER: Rumi [or Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Rumi; or Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi; accept Mowlana or Mevlana or Mevlevi]

[10e] Coleman Barks popularized Rumi in the West through “interpretations” of his Masnavi, a Sufi-inspired collection of these rhyming two-line stanzas.

ANSWER: couplets [accept Spiritual Couplets]

[10m] In Barks’ version of the Masnavi, a parable about one of these animals in the dark loses a seafoam metaphor and is framed as being shown by Hindus. A George Orwell essay recounts his experience shooting one of these animals.

ANSWER: elephants [accept “Shooting an Elephant”]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	10.00	25%	50%	25%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	10	15.00	60%	70%	20%
Florida	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	16.00	70%	90%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	89%	78%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	78%	89%	11%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	17.78	78%	89%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	20.00	91%	91%	18%
South Central	Main	Y	6	18.33	83%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	14.17	75%	50%	17%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	10.00	80%	20%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	16.25	88%	75%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%

Data


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