Katipunan - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

Some historians claim that Andrés Bonifacio was the first President of the Philippines as the leader of this secret society, which he co-founded and reorganized into a “Tagalog Republic.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this society. After its 1896 discovery by authorities and the arrest of many of its leaders, Bonifacio summoned this society to start the uprising that grew into the Philippine Revolution.

ANSWER: Katipunan [accept Kataastaasan Kagalanggalang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or KKK]

[10h] After a speech by Bonifacio, members of the Katipunan tore their residence certificates, and called for “revolt” in an event called the “Cry” of this place, regarded as the beginning of the Philippine Revolution. The specific place where this occurred differs by source; you may give either of the accepted places.

ANSWER: Pugad Lawin or Balintawak [or Cry of Pugad Lawin; or Sigaw sa Pugad Lawin; or Grito de Pugad Lawin; or Cry of Balintawak; or Sigaw sa Balintawak; or Grito de Balintawak]

[10e] Bonifacio was controversially executed in 1897 for disobeying orders from this man, usually called the first president of the Philippines. He led the Philippines in the Spanish-American and Filipino-American Wars.

ANSWER: Emilio Aguinaldo

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	7.50	50%	25%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	67%	67%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	7.78	44%	33%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	9	10.00	67%	22%	11%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	13.33	67%	67%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	5.00	50%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	10.00	71%	29%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	8.33	33%	50%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	15.00	88%	63%	0%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%

Data


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