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Question

Among the Igbo, this concept comprises a person’s being alongside the reincarnated ancestor and the personal will. For 10 points each:

[10e] Chukwu is the source of what nonmaterial concept described as a “personal god” that helps guide a person’s destiny? A similarly pronounced concept in Chinese philosophy is a vital force that can be cultivated through meditative breathing.

ANSWER: chi [or ḿmúọ́; accept qi; accept xingqi and qigong]

[10m] Chi links a reincarnated spirit to inherited ancestral traits which are sometimes used by these people to identify the spirit’s past life. Among the Yoruba, opele chains are used by these people who adhere to Ifá.

ANSWER: diviners [accept oracles; accept dibia or ogba afa; accept babaláwo; accept iyalawo or mamalawo; accept divination; prompt on mediums; prompt on priests]

[10h] In some cases, Igbo reincarnation goes wrong and a miscarried infant comes back to torment the mother as one of these changeling-like spirits. Among the Yoruba, this spirit is known as the abiku.

ANSWER: ogbanje (“ohg-BAHN-jay”)

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	10.00	67%	0%	33%
Canada	Main Site	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	8.89	78%	0%	11%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	9	11.11	89%	22%	0%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	8.33	83%	0%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	10.00	86%	0%	14%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	8.33	83%	0%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	14.44	100%	22%	22%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley D	10	0	10	20
Berkeley B	Stanford B	0	0	0	0
Central Florida C	Central Florida B	10	0	0	10
Florida B	Florida A	10	0	0	10
Florida C	Central Florida A	0	0	0	0
Duke	William and Mary	10	0	0	10
Liberty C	James Madison A	0	0	0	0
South Carolina A	Liberty A	10	0	0	10
Liberty B	James Madison B	0	0	0	0
North Carolina B	NC State B	10	0	0	10
North Carolina C	NC State A	10	0	0	10
VCU	South Carolina B	10	0	10	20
North Carolina A	Virginia Tech A	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech B	Virginia	10	0	0	10
Chicago B	Notre Dame A	10	0	0	10
Illinois B	Chicago C	10	0	0	10
Chicago D	Purdue B	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame B	Chicago E	0	0	0	0
Indiana A	Illinois A	10	10	0	20
Northwestern B	Illinois C	10	0	0	10
Indiana B	Northwestern D	10	10	0	20
Northwestern C	Indiana C	10	0	0	10
Chicago A	Purdue A	10	0	0	10
Berkeley C	Stanford A	10	0	0	10
UBC B	McGill A	10	10	0	20
Bowdoin A	Brandeis B	10	0	0	10
Bowdoin B	Brown	0	0	0	0
Brandeis A	MIT	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Minnesota A	10	0	0	10
Washington A	Missouri A	10	0	0	10
Texas A	Murray State A	10	0	0	10
Texas A&M A	Texas B	10	0	0	10
Washington B	Carleton College	10	0	0	10
Iowa State	Claremont	10	0	0	10
Tennessee B	Alabama A	10	0	0	10
WashU B	Bruin	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Louisville A	10	0	0	10
Kentucky	Louisville B	10	0	0	10
Mississipi State	Georgia Tech B	0	0	0	0
LSE	Bristol	0	0	0	0
Imperial A	Cambridge B	10	0	0	10
Oxford A	Cambridge C	10	0	0	10
Durham	City St. George's	10	0	0	10
Imperial C	Edinburgh B	10	0	0	10
Oxford B	UCL	10	0	0	10
John Jay	Catholic	10	0	0	10
Maryland A	Columbia A	10	10	10	30
Georgetown	Columbia C	10	0	10	20
Maryland B	Vassar	10	0	0	10
Columbia B	NYU A	10	0	0	10
NYU B	Johns Hopkins A	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins B	NYU C	10	0	0	10
Rutgers A	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10
Maryland C	Swarthmore	10	0	0	10
Tennessee A	Sewanee	10	0	0	10
WashU A	Vanderbilt B	10	0	10	20
Cornell C	Binghamton A	10	0	0	10
Rochester	Binghamton B	10	0	0	10
Cornell A	Penn State	10	0	0	10
Cornell B	RIT	0	0	0	0
Harvard A	Dartmouth A	10	0	0	10
Dartmouth B	Southern Connecticut State	10	0	0	10
Yale	Harvard B	10	0	0	10