Ganesha - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

In September 1995, this deity’s statues were the subject of a worldwide purported miracle that saw them consuming milk, an action that in hindsight was likely explained by capillary action. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this god, whose early depictions include a 7th-century marble statue found in Gardez, Afghanistan. In Japan, this modak-loving god is revered under the guise of the dual-bodied Kangiten.

ANSWER: Ganesha [or Ganapati or Vinayaka]

[10e] In terms of literary depictions, Ganesha appears as a late addition in later editions of this epic poem where he aids Vyasa in writing it. This epic poem recounts a war waged between the Kauravas and Pandavas.

ANSWER: Mahabharata [or Mahabharat or Mahabharatam]

[10h] In Nepalese iconography, some depictions of Ganesha depict his five-headed Heramba form riding on a lion, which acts as this type of divine vehicle. This term usually refers to a deity’s animal mount like Shiva’s bull, Nandi.

ANSWER: vāhana [or vahanam]

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California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	10	19.00	100%	60%	30%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	12.50	75%	50%	0%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	67%	67%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	11.43	71%	43%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	15.00	83%	50%	17%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	18.75	75%	88%	25%

Data


UC Santa Barbara	UCSD C	0	10	0	10
Brock	Western C	0	10	0	10
Carleton University	Waterloo B	10	10	10	30
Guelph	McGill A	10	10	0	20
Queen's	Ottawa	10	10	0	20
McGill B	Simon Fraser	0	10	0	10
Toronto B	UBC A	0	10	0	10
Toronto C	Toronto G	10	10	10	30
UBC B	Toronto E	10	10	10	30
Toronto F	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	0	10
Waterloo A	McMaster A	10	10	0	20
UC Irvine	Arizona State	0	0	0	0
UCSD B	UCLA B	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCSD A	10	10	0	20
CWRU A	Ohio State B	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Michigan B	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	Pittsburgh	0	10	0	10
Ohio State C	CWRU B	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	Duke	0	0	0	0
Liberty A	Wake Forest	0	10	0	10
NC State A	James Madison B	10	10	0	20
North Carolina A	North Carolina C	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech A	VCU	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech B	North Carolina B	10	10	0	20
Virginia	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
William and Mary	South Carolina B	10	10	0	20
MIT	Bowdoin B	10	10	0	20
Brown	Brandeis B	10	10	0	20
Harvard A	Brandeis A	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth A	Yale	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	Missouri B	10	0	0	10
Minnesota A	Missouri A	0	10	0	10
Washington A	Washington B	10	10	0	20
Bruin	Louisville B	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	Mississipi State	0	0	0	0
Tennessee A	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Alabama B	Tennessee B	0	0	0	0
WashU A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	0	10
WashU B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Birmingham	Southampton A	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	Cambridge A	0	10	0	10
Cardiff	Oxford C	0	0	0	0
Manchester	Southampton B	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh A	Warwick A	10	10	0	20
Montpellier	Warwick B	10	10	10	30
NYU A	Catholic	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Rutgers B	10	10	0	20
Columbia B	Columbia C	10	0	0	10
Rutgers A	John Jay	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	Johns Hopkins A	10	10	0	20
Maryland C	Johns Hopkins B	10	10	0	20
NYU C	Maryland B	0	0	0	0
Georgetown	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20