Kung Fu Panda - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

In an interview with Charlie Rose, Slavoj Žižek said he admired this movie because its ideology of “oriental military mystique” survives despite its ironic sense of humor. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this American movie that prompted the China National Peking Opera Company director to ask “why didn’t we make such a film?” In this animated movie, Po battles Tai Lung, a villain who pursues the Dragon Scroll.

ANSWER: Kung Fu Panda

[10h] In Kung Fu Panda, Tai Lung is banished to the Spirit Realm through one of these moves created by Master Wuxi. Master Shifu threatens to use one of these moves on Po when they first meet in the Hall of Warriors.

ANSWER: finger hold [accept the Wuxi finger hold]

[10m] Chameleon, a villain voiced by this actress, takes Tai Lung back from the Spirit Realm in Paws of Destiny. In Suicide Squad, this actress played Amanda Waller, the government agent commanding the group of villains.

ANSWER: Viola (“vye-OH-luh”) Davis

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	23.33	100%	67%	67%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	25%	75%
Canada	Main Site	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	26.00	100%	80%	80%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	16.67	100%	33%	33%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	18.75	100%	38%	50%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	5	20.00	100%	40%	60%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	25.00	100%	50%	100%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	6	20.00	100%	50%	50%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	18.33	100%	33%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	17.50	88%	38%	50%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	25.00	100%	50%	100%

Data


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