Krishna - 2025 ACF Winter - Buzzpoints App

Question

According to one New Age movement, this figure flew a fighter jet to Earth from Saturn as part of a diplomatic mission of the “Interplanetary Council.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this dark-skinned deity whose birth is celebrated in the Janmāshṭamī (“junn-MAHSH-tuh-mee”) festival.

ANSWER: Krishna [or Kṛṣṇa; accept Gopala or Govinda or Madhava or Keshava; prompt on Vishnu]

[10e] The bhakti (“BUCK-tee”) form of this activity associated with Krishnaism became popular in the West in the 20th century. Buddhists and Jains also perform this practice that often features meditation, breath control, and flexibility.

ANSWER: yoga [accept bhakti yoga]

[10h] This founder of Transcendental Meditation and disciple of Guru Dev developed a technique of hopping while cross-legged in meditation called yogic flying, which he proselytized heavily in the West through his spiritual mentorship of popular musicians.

ANSWER: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi [or Mahesh Prasad Varma]

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California	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Canada	Main	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	10.00	83%	17%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	11.43	71%	43%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	13.00	100%	10%	20%
North	Main	Y	10	15.00	90%	30%	30%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	40%	60%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	44%	11%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	12.50	100%	25%	0%
UK	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	12.50	88%	38%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	11	10.00	91%	9%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Berkeley D	Berkeley A	10	10	0	20
Berkeley E	Stanford C	10	10	0	20
Berkeley F	Berkeley C	10	10	10	30
Stanford A	Berkeley B	10	10	0	20
Stanford B	UCSC	0	10	0	10
Claremont Scripps	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	10	0	10
UCLA D	UCI	10	10	0	20
UCLA A	UCSB	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	10	0	10
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	UCLA C	0	10	0	10
USC	Claremont Pitzer	10	10	0	20
UF B	ERAU B	0	10	0	10
FIU	Melbourne A	0	10	0	10
UF E	Melbourne B	0	10	0	10
UF C	ERAU A	0	10	0	10
FSU	UF D	0	10	0	10
UF A	USF	10	0	0	10
CWRU A	MSU A	0	10	0	10
CWRU B	OSU D	10	10	0	20
CWRU C	Kenyon A	0	0	0	0
CWRU D	Kenyon B	10	0	0	10
OSU B	MSU B	10	10	0	20
OSU A	OSU C	0	10	0	10
Pitt B	Pitt C	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	Clemson B	0	10	0	10
Liberty C	North Carolina C	10	10	0	20
North Carolina B	James Madison	0	10	10	20
Roanoke	Virginia B	0	10	0	10
South Carolina B	North Carolina A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Tusculum	0	10	0	10
Virginia A	NC State	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Clemson A	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech B	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
Georgetown A	George Mason B	10	10	10	30
George Washington A	Johns Hopkins C	0	10	10	20
Maryland A	George Mason C	10	10	0	20
Penn A	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
NYU A	Catholic University	0	10	0	10
George Washington B	NYU B	0	0	0	0
Johns Hopkins A	Notre Dame E	10	10	0	20
Maryland D	Penn B	0	10	0	10
UMBC A	VCU A	0	10	0	10
Columbia A	Princeton A	0	10	10	20
Swarthmore A	Columbia C	0	10	0	10
Lehigh A	Vassar A	10	10	10	30
Rowan A	Lehigh B	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Georgetown B	Maryland C	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Chicago D	10	10	0	20
Illinois A	Indiana B	10	10	0	20
Michigan B	Louisville B	0	10	0	10
Michigan D	Chicago A	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame B	UIC	0	10	0	10
Kentucky	Notre Dame D	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Illinois B	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	Notre Dame A	10	10	0	20
Chicago C	Notre Dame C	0	10	0	10
Purdue C	Indiana A	0	10	0	10
Carleton	Minnesota C	0	10	0	10
Minnesota A	Macalester A	10	10	0	20
Macalester B	Iowa State	0	10	0	10
Nebraska	St. Thomas	10	10	0	20
Minnesota B	Wisconsin	0	10	0	10
Brown A	BC A	0	10	0	10
Bowdoin B	Cornell-UG	0	10	0	10
Yale A	Brandeis Clemenceau	0	10	0	10
Amherst A	Brown C	10	10	0	20
MIT A	Brown B	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth	MIT B	0	10	0	10
Tufts A	Amherst B	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Wilson	Tufts B	0	10	0	10
Williams	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Harvard	Yale B	10	10	0	20
British Columbia A	Washington B	0	10	0	10
British Columbia D	Washington A	10	10	0	20
British Columbia C	Simon Fraser	0	10	0	10
British Columbia B	Alberta	0	10	0	10
Alberta B	UTD A	0	10	0	10
Northwestern B	Arizona State A	10	10	0	20
Northwestern A	Arizona State B	10	10	0	20
Ohio	Tulsa	0	10	0	10
Iowa	Rose State	0	10	0	10
McGill D	Texas A	0	10	0	10
Texas B	Northwestern C	10	10	0	20
UTD B	UCO	0	0	0	0
Brandeis Lloyd George	BC B	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Orlando	BU	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech A	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Huntsville A	0	10	0	10
Bruin A	Huntsville B	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State A	Sewanee A	10	10	0	20
Auburn B	UAB A	0	10	0	10
Birmingham A	Sheffield B	0	10	0	10
LSE A	Cambridge C	10	10	0	20
Durham B	Sheffield C	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh B	Warwick B	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh A	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Bristol A	LSE B	0	10	0	10
Bristol B	Lancaster A	0	10	0	10
Southampton A	Manchester A	0	10	0	10
Manchester B	Cambridge A	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Imperial C	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Cambridge B	0	10	0	10
ESF	Cornell-DII	0	10	0	10
RIT A	Rochester	0	10	0	10
Binghamton B	RIT B	0	10	0	10
Syracuse	Binghamton A	0	10	0	10