animals - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

The realm of these beings exists below the realm of the asuras alongside Hell and the realm of the hungry ghosts. For 10 points each:

[10h] What beings driven by impulse and instinct are said to exist within the tiryag domain? The first of the Five Precepts is generally extrapolated to apply to both humans and these beings.

ANSWER: animals [or tiracchāna; accept specific animals including fish, birds, and insects]

[10m] In the process of life release, Buddhists may release captive animals into the wild to accumulate this concept. Good deeds can accumulate this concept, whose “transfer” allows its mental rewards to pass on to the deceased.

ANSWER: merit [or punya or puñña; accept merit release; accept transfer of merit; accept merit-making; prompt on luck]

[10e] Improper life release of the red-eared slider species of these animals within China has led them to be classified as an invasive species. A massive “world” animal of this type has its legs chopped off by Nüwa, to support the sky.

ANSWER: turtles [or tortoises; or wugui; accept red-eared slider turtle]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Canada	Main Site	Y	12	13.33	92%	8%	33%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	8	7.50	75%	0%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	11.67	92%	0%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	11.25	100%	0%	13%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Stanford B	0	0	10	10
Berkeley B	Berkeley C	0	0	10	10
Stanford A	Berkeley D	0	10	10	20
UC Irvine	UCSD C	10	0	10	20
UCLA A	UCLA B	0	0	10	10
UCSD A	Arizona State	0	0	10	10
UC Santa Barbara	UCSD B	0	0	10	10
Brock	Simon Fraser	0	0	10	10
UBC B	Guelph	0	10	10	20
Carleton University	McGill A	0	0	10	10
Toronto G	McGill B	0	0	10	10
Ottawa	McMaster A	10	0	10	20
Toronto B	Waterloo A	10	0	10	20
Toronto E	Waterloo B	0	0	10	10
Western B	Toronto F	0	0	10	10
McMaster B	Toronto Metropolitan	0	0	10	10
UBC A	Queen's	10	0	10	20
Western A	Toronto D	0	0	0	0
Toronto C	Western C	10	0	10	20
Central Florida B	Central Florida A	0	0	10	10
Central Florida C	Florida A	0	0	10	10
Michigan C	CWRU A	0	0	10	10
Michigan State	CWRU B	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Ohio State A	0	0	10	10
Pittsburgh	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Florida B	Florida C	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
Chicago B	Indiana C	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame A	Chicago C	0	0	10	10
Chicago D	Purdue A	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Chicago E	0	0	10	10
Illinois B	Notre Dame B	0	0	10	10
Indiana B	Indiana A	0	0	10	10
Illinois A	Northwestern D	10	10	10	30
Carleton College	Washington A	0	0	10	10
Washington B	Claremont	10	0	10	20
Minnesota A	Iowa State	0	0	10	10
WashU B	Alabama B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Tennessee A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Missouri B	0	0	10	10
Tennessee B	Vanderbilt B	0	0	10	10
Murray State A	Texas A&M A	0	0	10	10
Texas A	Texas B	0	0	10	10
Bruin	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	Louisville B	0	0	0	0
Louisville A	Kentucky	0	0	0	0
Mississipi State	Sewanee	0	0	10	10
WashU A	Alabama A	0	0	10	10
Bristol	Cambridge A	0	0	10	10
Southampton B	Cambridge C	0	0	10	10
Edinburgh B	Montpellier	0	0	10	10
LSE	Imperial B	0	0	10	10
Imperial C	Warwick B	10	0	10	20
Manchester	Oxford A	0	0	10	10
Oxford B	Oxford C	0	0	10	10
Southampton A	UCL	10	0	0	10
Cambridge B	Warwick A	0	0	10	10
City St. George's	Cardiff	0	0	10	10
Georgetown	Johns Hopkins B	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins A	NYU C	0	0	10	10
Swarthmore	Maryland A	0	0	10	10
Maryland B	Columbia C	0	0	10	10
NYU A	Vassar	0	0	10	10
NYU B	Columbia A	0	0	10	10
Columbia B	Rutgers A	10	0	10	20
Rutgers B	Catholic	0	0	10	10
Durham	Birmingham	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh A	Imperial A	0	0	10	10
Binghamton A	Rochester	0	0	10	10
Cornell C	Binghamton B	0	0	10	10
Penn State	Cornell B	0	0	10	10
RIT	Cornell A	0	0	10	10