first fruits - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

Live doves were attached to gold, silver, and wicker baskets containing these objects during a procession to the temple. For 10 points each:

[10m] The term bikkurim (“bee-koo-REEM”) refers to what sacrificial offerings taken from the Seven Species that were laid on the Temple altar by the ancient Israelites? A Swahili phrase for these objects lends its name to the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa.

ANSWER: first fruits [prompt on fruit; prompt on answers indicating the best crops or similar]

[10e] The Israelite obligation to proffer up the first fruits of the harvest began with the festival of Shavuot (“sha-voo-OAT”) and ended with this seven-day “feast of booths.”

ANSWER: Sukkot (“soo-COAT”) [or Feast of Tabernacles]

[10h] The term bikkurim is sometimes applied to the first harvest of this crop, which is offered during the Omer (“OH-mair”). Boaz allowed Ruth to harvest this crop, which also made up an object that struck down a Midianite tent in Gideon’s vision.

ANSWER: barley [or se’orah; accept barley flour; accept barley bread; prompt on flour; prompt on cereal or grain; prompt on corn]

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California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	2.50	25%	0%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	10	6.00	60%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	1	0.00	0%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	6	5.00	33%	17%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	10.00	63%	13%	25%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	5	12.00	60%	40%	20%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	7.50	58%	8%	8%

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Arizona State	UC Santa Barbara	0	0	0	0
UCSD C	UC Irvine	0	0	0	0
Brock	Toronto D	0	0	0	0
Simon Fraser	Toronto E	0	0	0	0
Toronto F	Waterloo B	0	0	0	0
UBC A	McGill B	0	10	0	10
NC State B	Liberty B	0	0	0	0
North Carolina A	Liberty C	0	0	0	0
Liberty A	North Carolina C	0	0	0	0
VCU	South Carolina A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina B	North Carolina B	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech A	Virginia	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech B	William and Mary	0	0	0	0
Chicago B	Chicago D	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Chicago C	0	10	0	10
Indiana B	Chicago E	0	0	0	0
Illinois A	Illinois C	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Northwestern B	10	10	10	30
Northwestern C	Purdue B	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame B	Northwestern D	0	10	0	10
Illinois B	Purdue A	0	0	0	0
Harvard A	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Southern Connecticut State	Bowdoin B	0	0	0	0
Brandeis A	Harvard B	10	10	0	20
MIT	Brandeis B	10	10	0	20
Yale	Brown	0	0	10	10
Iowa State	Carleton College	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech A	Missouri A	0	10	0	10
Washington A	Claremont	0	10	0	10
LSE	Birmingham	0	0	0	0
Cambridge A	Imperial A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Manchester	10	10	0	20
Oxford C	Cambridge C	0	0	0	0
Imperial B	Durham	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	Bristol	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh B	Southampton A	0	10	0	10
Imperial C	Cardiff	0	0	0	0
Montpellier	UCL	0	0	0	0
Oxford B	Southampton B	0	10	10	20
Oxford A	Warwick A	0	10	0	10
City St. George's	Warwick B	0	0	0	0
Carleton University	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	0	10
Guelph	McMaster A	0	10	0	10
Toronto B	Queen's	0	10	0	10
Ottawa	UBC B	0	10	0	10
Waterloo A	McGill A	0	10	0	10
Western B	Toronto G	0	0	0	0
UCSD B	UCLA A	0	10	0	10
UCSD A	UCLA B	0	0	0	0