Philippines - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

The mythology of this country includes flying creatures that prey on pregnant women by using an elongated probicus-like tongue to extract fetuses known as the manananggal (“mah-nuh-nahn-GAHL”). For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this Asian country whose mythology includes shapeshifting aswang (“oss-WAHNG”).

ANSWER: Philippines [or Republic of the Philippines; or Republika ng Pilipinas]

[10e] Their physical appearance has led the manananggal to be often compared to these mythological creatures. The chupacabra is sometimes considered a type of these general creatures for its bloodsucking tendencies.

ANSWER: vampires [prompt on cryptids]

[10h] Filipino mythology also includes tales of Bakunawa, one of these creatures that is believed to cause eclipses by consuming the moon. In another story, one of these creatures is distracted by a village in drought and blows a log carrying a rabbit to shore.

ANSWER: dragons [or serpents; accept Naga]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	26.00	100%	100%	60%
Canada	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	83%	17%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	13.33	100%	17%	17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	57%	14%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	50%	50%
North	Main	Y	11	20.91	100%	64%	46%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	24.00	100%	80%	60%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	17.50	75%	75%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	19.17	92%	42%	58%
UK	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	21.25	100%	75%	38%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	22.50	100%	88%	38%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	13	18.46	92%	62%	31%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%

Data


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