homosexuality - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Wēimíng Temple in Taiwan is the only public place of worship in the world dedicated to people with this characteristic. For 10 points each:

[10m] What characteristic is the deific domain of the rabbit spirit Tùr Shén (“TOO-er SHUN”)?

ANSWER: homosexuality [or being gay; accept being LGBTQ+ or queer]

[10e] Tùr Shén is contrasted with Yuè Lǎo, a god of heterosexual partnership said to live in this celestial body, also inhabited by Cháng’é (“chang-UH”).

ANSWER: Moon [prompt on yuè]

[10h] Visitors to Wēimíng Temple perform this practice with “moon rocks,” or jiǎobēi (“j’yao-BAY”), for Tùr Shén’s blessings in their romantic endeavors. A description is acceptable.

ANSWER: divination [accept poe (“pweh”) divination; accept descriptions like fortune telling or reading the future]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
Canada	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	10	11.00	90%	20%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	43%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	10.00	100%	0%	0%
North	Main	Y	9	11.11	78%	33%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	10.00	80%	20%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	10.83	83%	17%	8%
South Central	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	10.83	100%	8%	0%
UK	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	13.75	100%	25%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	7	10.00	86%	14%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	12	10.00	92%	8%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Berkeley B	Stanford C	0	10	0	10
Berkeley C	UCSC	0	10	0	10
Berkeley D	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
Stanford B	Berkeley E	0	10	0	10
UCLA D	UCLA A	0	10	0	10
Berkeley A	Berkeley F	0	10	0	10
McMaster A	Guelph A	0	10	0	10
McGill B	McGill C	0	10	0	10
Toronto H	McMaster C	10	10	0	20
Carleton	Queen's A	0	10	0	10
Toronto D	Toronto A	0	10	0	10
Ottawa	Toronto B	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Toronto C	0	10	0	10
Toronto J	Toronto F	10	10	0	20
Toronto K	Toronto I	0	10	0	10
Toronto G	Toronto Metropolitan	0	0	0	0
FIU	UCF B	0	0	0	0
UF B	FSU	0	10	0	10
Melbourne A	UF C	0	10	0	10
UCF A	UF D	0	10	0	10
CWRU B	CWRU D	10	10	0	20
Pitt C	CWRU C	0	10	0	10
MSU A	Kenyon A	0	10	0	10
OSU A	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
Kenyon B	OSU B	0	10	0	10
OSU C	Pitt B	0	10	0	10
Pitt A	OSU D	10	10	0	20
North Carolina B	Clemson A	0	10	0	10
James Madison	North Carolina C	0	10	0	10
Tusculum	North Carolina A	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	South Carolina B	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Virginia A	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	Virginia B	0	10	0	10
George Mason A	Notre Dame E	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins C	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	0	10
Maryland C	Maryland A	10	10	0	20
George Mason B	Catholic University	10	10	0	20
George Washington A	Georgetown A	0	0	0	0
Johns Hopkins A	Georgetown B	0	10	0	10
Maryland D	UMBC A	0	0	0	0
NYU A	VCU A	0	10	0	10
NYU B	Penn A	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Swarthmore A	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	Rutgers C	10	10	0	20
Rutgers B	Columbia C	0	10	0	10
Princeton A	Rowan A	0	10	0	10
Vassar A	Lehigh B	0	0	0	0
WashU C	WashU A	0	10	0	10
SIUE	Missouri B	0	10	0	10
Truman State	WashU D	0	10	0	10
Missouri A	William Woods	0	10	0	10
Chicago C	Chicago B	0	10	0	10
Illinois B	Chicago D	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	UIC	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Indiana A	0	10	0	10
Kentucky	Illinois C	10	10	0	20
Michigan C	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
Chicago A	Notre Dame A	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame C	Notre Dame B	0	0	0	0
Louisville A	Notre Dame D	10	10	10	30
Michigan A	Purdue A	0	10	0	10
Michigan D	Purdue B	0	10	0	10
Purdue C	Louisville B	0	0	0	0
Carleton	Iowa State	0	10	0	10
Macalester B	Minnesota B	0	10	0	10
Nebraska	Minnesota A	10	10	0	20
Macalester A	Wisconsin	0	10	0	10
BC A	Amherst B	0	10	0	10
Amherst A	BC B	0	10	0	10
MIT A	BU	0	10	0	10
Brown C	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Clemenceau	Tufts A	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Orlando	Bowdoin B	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth	Brandeis Wilson	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Yale A	10	10	0	20
Cornell-UG	Brown B	0	10	0	10
Harvard	Tufts B	0	10	0	10
Williams	Brandeis Lloyd George	0	10	0	10
Yale B	MIT B	0	10	0	10
British Columbia C	Alberta	10	10	0	20
British Columbia D	Simon Fraser	0	10	0	10
Washington A	British Columbia A	0	10	0	10
British Columbia B	Washington B	10	10	0	20
McGill D	Rose State	10	10	0	20
Arizona State A	Northwestern C	10	10	0	20
Northwestern B	Alberta B	0	10	0	10
Texas B	Tulsa	0	10	0	10
UCO	Iowa	0	10	0	10
Ohio	UTD A	0	10	0	10
Arizona State B	UTD B	0	10	0	10
Birmingham A	Warwick A	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Bristol A	0	10	0	10
Bristol B	City St George's A	0	10	0	10
Oxford B	Cambridge B	0	0	0	0
Warwick B	Durham A	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	Cambridge C	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh B	Sheffield B	0	10	0	10
LSE A	Imperial A	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	Imperial C	0	10	0	10
Sheffield A	Manchester A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge D	Manchester B	0	10	0	10
Southampton A	Cambridge A	0	10	0	10
Cornell-DII	Syracuse	0	10	0	10
RIT A	ESF	0	10	0	10
RIT B	Rochester	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Huntsville B	0	10	0	10
Huntsville A	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
Auburn B	Georgia Tech D	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	UAB A	10	10	0	20
Bruin A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Northwestern A	Texas A	0	10	10	20