the Bogd Khan - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

The Asiatic Cavalry Division, led by monarchist Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, captured Urga to temporarily restore this ruler in 1921. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this ruler, whose rule of an autonomous theocratic state was guaranteed by the 1915 Kyakhta Agreement. His temporal rule was overthrown by a Soviet-supported rebellion under Damdin Sükhbaatar (“sookh-BAH-tur”).

ANSWER: the Bogd Khan [or Bogd Gegen or Bogdo Lama; accept Agvaan Luvsan Choijinnyam Danzan Vanchüg; accept 8th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu or 8th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu]

[10m] The Bogd Khan was overthrown from 1919 to 1921 by the Anhui (“AHN-hway”) Clique, a key faction in this period of Chinese history. This period ended when Chiang Kai-shek’s Northern Expedition toppled the Beiyang Government.

ANSWER: Warlord Era [or Jūnfá Shídài]

[10e] As the Jebtsundamba Khutughtu (“JAW-tsun-TAHM-puh KHUH-tukht”), the Bogd Khan was the third-highest-ranking lama in a branch of Buddhism based in this region. Tenzin Gyatso is the last ruler to have held temporal power in this region, ruling from Lhasa.

ANSWER: Tibet [accept Tibetan Buddhism]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	20.00	100%	33%	67%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	18.89	100%	56%	33%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	12.86	100%	29%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	18.33	83%	83%	17%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	17.78	100%	56%	22%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%

Data


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