Thales - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

Answer the following about Presocratic philosophers who questioned what the world was made of, for 10 points each.

[10e] This thinker from Miletus claimed “All is water,” which Aristotle took to mean that “everything is composed of water.” In the Greek tradition, this thinker is considered the “First Philosopher.”

ANSWER: Thales

[10m] Heraclitus argued that the order of nature was “fire everliving,” which influenced this school’s belief in a “great conflagration.” Later philosophers of this school include Musonius Rufus and Epictetus.

ANSWER: Stoicism [or the Stoics]

[10h] Original language term required. Anaximander gave this name to a recyclable, eternal substance, which he posited made up all of creation. This substance’s name translates to “boundless” or “unlimited.”

ANSWER: apeiron

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	26.67	100%	100%	67%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	15.00	75%	75%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	9	18.89	89%	78%	22%
Florida	Main Site	Y	2	10.00	50%	50%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	20.00	80%	80%	40%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	13.75	50%	63%	25%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	12.50	75%	50%	0%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	67%	67%	0%
South Central	Main Site	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	6	16.67	67%	83%	17%
UK	Main Site	Y	11	19.09	91%	64%	36%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	7	17.14	71%	86%	14%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	2	15.00	50%	50%	50%

Data


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