Vaishnavism - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

Answer the following about the number 108, which is considered sacred in Hinduism. For 10 points each:

[10h] The Gaudiya branch of this Hindu denomination chants the names of the 108 gopis (“GO-pees”) of Krishna. This largest Hindu sect considers the preserver deity to be the supreme being.

ANSWER: Vaishnavism (“VYSH-nuh-viz-um”) [or Vaishnavite Hinduism; or Vaishnava; or Vaisnava Hinduism; prompt on answers specifying Hindus who worship Vishnu]

[10m] Hindus chant this god’s 108 names, including Rudra, during a festival named after him commemorating his marriage to Parvati (“PAR-vuh-tee”). Bharatanatyam (“buh-ruh-tuh-NAHT-yum”) dancers learn 108 movements to perform for this god’s Nataraja (“nuh-tuh-RAH-juh”) aspect.

ANSWER: Shiva [accept Maha Shivaratri]

[10e] Vishnu’s Sudarshana (“soo-DUHR-shuh-nuh”) Chakra, one of these objects, has 108 serrated edges. India’s flag depicts one of these objects that represents dharma and has 24 spokes.

ANSWER: wheels

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	3	20.00	67%	67%	67%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	43%	29%
Florida	Main	Y	3	26.67	100%	100%	67%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	9	17.78	89%	67%	22%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	20.00	86%	86%	29%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	63%	25%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	18.89	89%	67%	33%
North	Main	Y	3	13.33	67%	67%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	8	21.25	100%	75%	38%
South Central	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	9	16.67	89%	67%	11%
UK (North)	UK	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	14.29	86%	43%	14%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%

Data


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