Dionysian culture - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

This term was applied to the Kwakiutl (“KWAH-kee-oo-tull”) in a 1934 book that outlined how dance leaders would foam at the mouth and throw themselves onto burning coals. For 10 points each:

[10h] Give this term to describe individualistic and egocentric societies, such as those who avenge natural deaths by killing innocent people. This term was applied to cultures that used drugs to break societal limitations.

ANSWER: Dionysian culture

[10m] In contrast to the Kwakiutl, the Zuni people were described as Apollonian in this book because of their restrained nature. This book defines its title subject as “personality writ large.”

ANSWER: Patterns of Culture

[10e] The Apollonian–Dionysian distinction was applied to anthropology in this thinker’s book Patterns of Culture. This thinker contrasted “shame” and “guilt” cultures in The Chrysanthemum and the Sword.

ANSWER: Ruth Benedict [or Ruth Fulton Benedict]

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California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Canada	Main Site	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	6.67	33%	33%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	12.22	78%	22%	22%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	13.75	100%	25%	13%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	5	10.00	80%	20%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	0.00	0%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	12.86	86%	29%	14%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	8.33	58%	17%	8%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	11.25	75%	38%	0%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%

Data


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