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Question

Book V, or “Delta,” of Aristotle’s Metaphysics fittingly opens with a definition for “beginning,” followed by a definition for this word. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this word that is given four different definitions in that section for its “material,” “formal,” “efficient,” and “final” types.

ANSWER: causes [or aitia; or aition; accept material cause or formal cause or efficient cause or final cause]

[10m] After giving his definitions of “element” and “nature,” Aristotle cites this author’s claim that “Nothing that is has a nature.” This thinker, who allegedly jumped into a volcano, initially theorized the classical elements as four “roots” and believed that love was a uniting force opposed by strife.

ANSWER: Empedocles of Acragas

[10h] The sixth definition in Book Delta defines this word recursively as “that which is [this word] by accident,” and “that which is [this word] by its own nature.” The Great Chain of Being emanates from a principle with this name in Neoplatonism.

ANSWER: one [or the One; accept hen]

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Summary


Florida	Main	Y	11	6.36	27%	18%	18%
North	Main	Y	9	10.00	44%	33%	22%
Overflow	Main	Y	3	10.00	67%	33%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	9	12.22	44%	44%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	5.45	36%	9%	9%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	10.00	29%	71%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	6	15.00	33%	67%	50%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	8.57	43%	29%	14%

Data


Guelph A	McGill A	0	0	0	0
Queen's A	McMaster C	0	0	10	10
Queen's B	McMaster B	10	0	0	10
Toronto A	Toronto B	10	10	10	30
McMaster A	Toronto C	0	0	0	0
Toronto D	Ottawa	0	0	0	0
Western Ontario	Toronto E	0	0	0	0
Carleton	Toronto H	0	10	0	10
Toronto I	McGill C	10	0	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto J	0	0	0	0
Toronto K	McGill B	0	0	0	0
Maryland C	George Washington B	0	0	0	0
George Mason A	Penn A	0	0	10	10
Catholic University	George Washington A	10	0	0	10
Maryland A	Johns Hopkins A	10	10	10	30
Georgetown B	Maryland B	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame E	NYU B	0	0	0	0
Georgetown A	Penn B	10	10	0	20
UMBC A	Johns Hopkins C	0	0	0	0
VCU A	George Mason B	10	0	0	10
WashU B	Truman State	0	0	0	0
Missouri A	SIUE	10	10	0	20
WashU D	William Woods	10	0	0	10
Chicago A	Notre Dame D	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame A	Chicago D	10	0	0	10
Louisville A	Illinois C	0	0	0	0
Indiana A	UIC	10	10	0	20
Indiana B	Michigan B	0	0	0	0
Michigan D	Kentucky	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame B	Purdue C	10	0	0	10
MIT B	BU	0	0	0	0
Brandeis Clemenceau	Brown C	0	0	0	0
Brown B	Brandeis Lloyd George	0	0	0	0
Brandeis Wilson	Brandeis Orlando	10	0	0	10
Cornell-UG	Dartmouth	0	0	0	0
Harvard	Brown A	10	10	0	20
MIT A	Amherst A	10	0	10	20
Tufts A	Tufts B	0	0	0	0
Yale A	Williams	0	0	0	0
Yale B	BC A	0	0	0	0
Northwestern A	Alberta B	10	10	0	20
Ohio	Arizona State B	0	10	0	10
Texas A	Arizona State A	0	10	0	10
McGill D	Texas B	0	0	0	0
Tulsa	UTD B	0	0	0	0
UCO	Northwestern B	0	10	0	10
UTD A	Iowa	10	10	0	20
BC B	Bowdoin B	10	0	0	10
Alabama A	Alabama B	0	0	0	0
Huntsville A	Auburn B	0	0	0	0
Bruin A	Auburn A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech D	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	Bristol B	10	0	0	10
Sheffield B	City St George's A	0	0	0	0
Imperial C	Durham B	0	0	0	0
Cambridge A	Edinburgh B	10	10	10	30
Imperial A	Birmingham A	0	0	0	0
LSE A	Edinburgh A	10	10	0	20
Cambridge C	Lancaster A	0	0	0	0
LSE B	Manchester B	0	0	0	0
Oxford A	Manchester A	10	10	0	20
Oxford B	Durham A	10	0	10	20
Sheffield C	Southampton A	0	0	0	0
Cambridge D	Southampton B	0	0	0	0
Warwick A	Sheffield A	0	0	0	0
Bristol A	Warwick B	10	10	0	20