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Question

Practitioners of this religion undertake pilgrimages to sites called “fords” where 24 holy figures called tīrthankaras (“teer-TUNG-kuh-ruhs”) “crossed over” into moksha. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this śramaṇa (“SHRUM-uh-nuh”) religion whose adherents follow perspectivism and asceticism alongside nonviolence, or ahiṃsā.

ANSWER: Jainism [or Jain Dharma]

[10m] These two groups of Jains are named for their dispute over whether monks can wear clothes, but also disagree over the gender of the 19th tīrthankara Mallinātha (“muh-lee-NAH-tuh”), and whether women can attain nirvāṇa. Name either.

ANSWER: Śvetāmbara (“shway-TAHM-buh-ruh”) OR Digambara (“dee-GUM-buh-ruh”) [prompt on white-clad or sky-clad by asking “what is the original Sanskrit term?”]

[10h] Only Śvetāmbara Jains undertake the varshitapa fast on alternating days in honor of this first tīrthankara’s accepting sugarcane juice from his great-grandson King Śreyāṃsa (“shray-YAHM-suh”).

ANSWER: Rishabha (“RISH-uh-buh”) [or Rishabhanātha; or Rishabhadeva; or Ādinātha; or Ikshvāku]

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Florida	Main	Y	11	12.73	91%	36%	0%
North	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
Overflow	Main	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	8	15.00	88%	63%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	10	13.00	100%	30%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	71%	14%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	12	15.83	100%	50%	8%

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