lamps - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

A swan-like design characterizes the Nachiarkoil variant of these objects, which are made exclusively in their namesake town in Tamil Nadu. For 10 points each:

[10m] The words diya and deepam refer to what objects that are waved before a murti during the aarti ritual?

ANSWER: lamps [or lanterns; accept lights; accept candles; prompt on flame or fire; prompt on plates by asking “what objects are on the plates?”]

[10e] During Diwali, multiple diya lamps may be arranged in a floor pattern resembling this symbol, which traditionally features four dots. An angled version of this symbol was appropriated for hateful reasons by the Nazis.

ANSWER: swastika [or sauvastika]

[10h] Swastikas may also be drawn at the center of this artform made from colored powders, which are drawn in front of a home’s doorstop during Diwali. A floral instance of this artform known as pookkalam is made during Kerala’s Onam festival.

ANSWER: rangoli [or kolam or muggu]

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Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	20.00	100%	60%	40%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	7	17.14	100%	43%	29%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	9	17.78	100%	44%	33%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	5	12.00	100%	0%	20%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	5	10.00	100%	0%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	14.17	100%	17%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	6	21.67	100%	67%	50%

Data


CWRU B	Michigan State	0	10	0	10
Ohio State C	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Ohio State A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State B	Michigan C	10	10	10	30
Liberty C	James Madison B	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	VCU	10	10	0	20
Liberty B	James Madison A	0	10	0	10
North Carolina C	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
South Carolina B	Wake Forest	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Virginia	William and Mary	0	10	0	10
NC State A	North Carolina B	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Chicago A	10	10	0	20
Chicago B	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
Chicago D	Northwestern B	0	10	0	10
Chicago E	Indiana C	0	10	0	10
Illinois B	Indiana A	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame A	Illinois C	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame B	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
Northwestern C	Northwestern D	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Chicago C	0	10	0	10
Southern Connecticut State	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Brown	Dartmouth A	0	10	10	20
Bowdoin B	Dartmouth B	0	10	0	10
Harvard B	MIT	0	10	0	10
Brandeis B	Yale	0	10	0	10
Kentucky	Sewanee	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Louisville A	0	10	0	10
Bruin	Mississipi State	0	10	0	10
WashU A	Alabama B	0	10	0	10
WashU B	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
UCL	Birmingham	0	10	10	20
Manchester	Bristol	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Cambridge A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge C	Cardiff	0	10	0	10
City St. George's	Oxford C	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	Oxford A	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	Edinburgh B	0	10	0	10
LSE	Southampton A	10	10	10	30
Durham	Montpellier	0	10	0	10
Warwick B	Oxford B	0	10	0	10
Imperial C	Southampton B	10	10	10	30
Imperial A	Warwick A	0	10	0	10
NYU C	Catholic	10	10	10	30
John Jay	Vassar	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	Johns Hopkins B	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins A	NYU A	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Georgetown	Rutgers A	10	10	10	30
Pittsburgh	CWRU A	10	10	0	20