Mandaeism - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

‘Uthras in this religion include the priestly figure Shishlam, who names a text read in its entirety at wedding ceremonies. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this Gnostic religion whose central prophet is John the Baptist. Adherents undergo ritual immersion in “living water” called yardna, which is believed to originate from the ‘uthras’ dwelling-place in the World of Light.

ANSWER: Mandaeism [or Mandaeanism; or mandayuta; accept Nazoreanism or Sabianism]

[10e] The soul of the “hidden” kasia form of this figure, sometimes identified with Shishlam, is “the aggregate of all human souls” in Mandaeism. In the Book of Genesis, God creates this figure’s spouse Eve from his left rib.

ANSWER: Adam [accept Adam kasia or Adakas or Hidden Adam or Adam qadmayya]

[10h] Specific term required. According to the Berēshīt Rabbā, Adam was one of these people based on Genesis 1:27. These people are halakhically (“ha-LAH-khick-lee”) distinct from ṭumṭumīm like Abraham, whose sex is indeterminate or “hidden.”

ANSWER: androgynos [or ’anderōgīnōs; or word forms like androgynous or androgyny; accept hermaphrodite; prompt on answers describing having both male and female characteristics or being bigender; prompt on intersex; reject anything indicating “bisexuality”]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
Canada	Main	Y	6	16.67	100%	33%	33%
Florida	Main	Y	11	12.73	100%	18%	9%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	16.00	100%	30%	30%
North	Main	Y	10	14.00	100%	30%	10%
Northeast	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	1	10.00	0%	100%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	14.17	100%	33%	8%
South Central	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	16.36	100%	36%	27%
UK	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%

Data


Berkeley E	Berkeley B	0	10	0	10
Berkeley F	Stanford A	0	10	0	10
Berkeley C	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
Stanford C	Berkeley D	0	10	0	10
Berkeley A	UCSC	0	10	0	10
Claremont Scripps	UCLA C	10	10	10	30
USC	UCI	0	10	10	20
UCSB	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
UCLA D	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	10	0	10
UCSD Vices and Virtues	Claremont Pitzer	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	0	10	0	10
Guelph A	Queen's A	0	10	0	10
McGill A	McMaster C	0	10	0	10
McGill C	Toronto D	10	10	0	20
McMaster A	Toronto F	0	10	0	10
Toronto C	Queen's B	0	10	0	10
Toronto A	Toronto E	10	10	0	20
Toronto H	Toronto G	0	10	0	10
Ottawa	Toronto I	0	10	0	10
Toronto J	McGill B	0	10	0	10
Toronto K	Carleton	0	10	10	20
Toronto Metropolitan	McMaster B	0	10	0	10
UCF B	UF A	0	10	0	10
UCF A	UF E	10	10	10	30
FIU	USF	10	10	0	20
MSU B	CWRU B	0	10	0	10
OSU A	CWRU C	10	10	10	30
Pitt A	OSU B	10	10	0	20
OSU C	Kenyon A	0	10	0	10
OSU D	CWRU D	0	10	0	10
MSU A	Pitt B	0	10	0	10
CWRU A	Pitt C	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	Clemson B	0	10	10	20
Liberty C	James Madison	0	10	10	20
Liberty A	Roanoke	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	NC State	10	10	0	20
North Carolina A	South Carolina A	0	10	0	10
Virginia A	Tusculum	10	10	0	20
Virginia B	North Carolina C	10	10	0	20
North Carolina B	Virginia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech B	South Carolina B	0	10	0	10
George Mason A	George Washington B	10	10	0	20
Maryland D	George Washington A	0	10	0	10
George Mason C	Georgetown B	0	10	0	10
NYU A	Georgetown A	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	NYU B	10	10	0	20
Maryland B	Notre Dame E	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Penn A	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins C	Penn B	0	10	0	10
Catholic University	UMBC A	10	10	0	20
VCU A	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	10	20
Lehigh A	Swarthmore A	10	10	10	30
Vassar A	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10
Rowan A	Rutgers C	0	10	10	20
WashU C	Truman State	0	0	0	0
WashU C	Truman State	0	0	0	0
WashU C	Missouri B	10	0	0	10
WashU C	Missouri B	10	0	0	10
Columbia A	Columbia B	10	10	0	20
WashU D	Missouri B	0	10	0	10
WashU C	Truman State	0	10	0	10
WashU C	Truman State	0	10	0	10
WashU C	Missouri B	10	10	0	20
WashU C	Missouri B	10	10	0	20
WashU B	WashU A	0	10	0	10
William Woods	SIUE	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Chicago B	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	Chicago C	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame D	Chicago D	0	10	0	10
Illinois C	Chicago A	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame B	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
Louisville B	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
Louisville A	Michigan D	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Notre Dame A	0	10	0	10
Purdue B	Illinois B	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame C	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	UIC	10	10	0	20
Carleton	Iowa State	10	10	0	20
Macalester B	Minnesota A	10	10	0	20
BC A	Tufts A	10	10	0	20
Yale A	Amherst B	0	10	0	10
Cornell-UG	Brandeis Orlando	0	10	10	20
Brandeis Wilson	Yale B	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Clemenceau	Brown A	0	10	0	10
BU	Brown B	10	10	0	20
BC B	Brown C	0	10	0	10
Harvard	MIT B	0	10	10	20
Tufts B	Dartmouth	0	10	0	10
Amherst A	Williams	0	10	0	10
British Columbia B	British Columbia D	0	10	0	10
Washington A	Alberta	10	10	10	30
Washington B	Simon Fraser	0	10	10	20
British Columbia C	British Columbia A	10	10	0	20
Texas B	Alberta B	10	10	0	20
Arizona State A	Ohio	0	10	0	10
Northwestern A	Iowa	0	10	0	10
Northwestern C	UTD A	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	Rose State	0	10	0	10
Texas A	UCO	0	10	0	10
Tulsa	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
McGill D	UTD B	10	10	0	20
MIT A	Bowdoin B	10	10	0	20
Auburn B	Georgia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Georgia Tech D	10	10	10	30
Alabama B	Huntsville A	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Bruin A	UAB A	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt A	Sewanee A	10	10	0	20
Huntsville B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Cambridge A	Imperial A	10	10	0	20
Binghamton A	RIT A	0	10	10	20
RIT B	Cornell-DII	0	10	0	10
Syracuse	Rochester	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20