Lia Fáil - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

This object made up one of the four treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann along with a sword, a spear, and a cauldron. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this Irish stone of destiny located on the Hill of Tara, which was said to roar after granting kingship to high kings like Conn of the Hundred Battles.

ANSWER: Lia Fáil

[10m] In one account, the Lia Fáil refusal to cry before Lugaid led this foster-father of his to split it with his sword. This son of Lugh falls in love with Fand, the estranged wife of Manannán, angering his own wife, Emer.

ANSWER: Cú Chulainn [accept Sétanta]

[10e] The Stone of Destiny was later stolen and used as the “Stone of Scone” to coronate this kingdom’s rulers. A Pictish Beast is depicted on standing stones in this kingdom, which is allegedly home to a plesiosaur in Loch Ness.

ANSWER: Kingdom of Scotland [or Alba]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Canada	Main Site	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	16.25	88%	63%	13%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	12.86	86%	43%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%

Data


Berkeley C	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
Berkeley A	Berkeley D	0	0	10	10
Berkeley B	Stanford B	0	10	10	20
McGill A	UBC B	0	0	10	10
Central Florida C	Central Florida B	0	0	10	10
Central Florida A	Florida C	0	0	10	10
William and Mary	Duke	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Liberty A	0	10	10	20
Liberty B	James Madison B	0	0	10	10
NC State B	North Carolina B	0	0	10	10
North Carolina C	NC State A	0	0	10	10
VCU	South Carolina B	0	0	10	10
North Carolina A	Virginia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech B	Virginia	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Notre Dame A	0	10	10	20
Chicago C	Illinois B	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame B	Chicago E	0	10	10	20
Indiana A	Illinois A	10	10	10	30
Illinois C	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
Northwestern D	Indiana B	0	0	0	0
Northwestern C	Indiana C	0	0	10	10
Chicago A	Purdue A	0	0	10	10
Brandeis B	Bowdoin A	0	10	10	20
Brown	Bowdoin B	0	0	10	10
MIT	Brandeis A	0	0	10	10
Dartmouth A	Harvard A	0	10	10	20
Dartmouth B	Southern Connecticut State	0	0	10	10
Yale	Harvard B	0	10	10	20
Washington B	Carleton College	0	0	10	10
Claremont	Iowa State	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Minnesota A	0	0	10	10
Missouri A	Washington A	10	10	10	30
Texas A	Murray State A	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
Bruin	WashU B	0	0	10	10
Louisville A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Louisville B	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
Mississipi State	Georgia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Tennessee A	Sewanee	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt B	WashU A	0	0	0	0
Bristol	LSE	0	10	10	20
Imperial A	Cambridge B	0	10	10	20
Oxford A	Cambridge C	0	10	10	20
City St. George's	Durham	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh B	Imperial C	0	0	10	10
Oxford B	UCL	0	10	10	20
John Jay	Catholic	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	Maryland A	0	10	10	20
Georgetown	Columbia C	0	0	10	10
Maryland B	Vassar	0	10	10	20
NYU A	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins A	NYU B	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins B	NYU C	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Rutgers A	0	10	10	20
Swarthmore	Maryland C	0	10	10	20
Binghamton A	Cornell C	0	0	10	10
Cornell A	Penn State	0	0	10	10
Cornell B	RIT	0	10	10	20
Texas B	Texas A&M A	0	10	10	20