The Pilgrim’s Progress - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

On his way to the Wicket Gate, this work’s protagonist nearly drowns in the Slough of Despond from the weight of his sins. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this 17th-century religious allegory for the Christian lifestyle by John Bunyan.

ANSWER: The Pilgrim’s Progress [or The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come]

[10m] Christian journeys to a city described by this adjective, an analog for heaven. The Pilgrim’s Progress inspired a Nathaniel Hawthorne story titled for a railroad described by this adjective.

ANSWER: celestial [accept Celestial City; accept “The Celestial Railroad”]

[10h] Past the Wicket Gate, Christian defeats this scaly, dragon-like monster in the Valley of Humiliation. This monster is the lord of the City of Destruction, an allegory for the human world and Christian’s hometown.

ANSWER: Apollyon

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Summary


California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	10	13.00	90%	40%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	6	11.67	83%	33%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	5	10.00	80%	20%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	10.83	83%	25%	0%

Data


Arizona State	UC Santa Barbara	10	0	0	10
UCSD C	UC Irvine	0	0	0	0
UCLA A	UCSD B	10	0	0	10
UCLA B	UCSD A	10	10	0	20
Carleton University	Toronto Metropolitan	10	0	0	10
McMaster A	Guelph	10	10	0	20
Queen's	Toronto B	10	0	0	10
Brock	Toronto D	10	10	0	20
Simon Fraser	Toronto E	10	0	0	10
Toronto F	Waterloo B	0	0	0	0
UBC A	McGill B	10	10	0	20
UBC B	Ottawa	10	0	0	10
McGill A	Waterloo A	10	0	0	10
Toronto G	Western B	10	10	0	20
NC State B	Liberty B	10	0	0	10
Liberty C	North Carolina A	10	10	0	20
North Carolina C	Liberty A	10	0	0	10
South Carolina A	VCU	10	0	0	10
South Carolina B	North Carolina B	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech A	Virginia	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech B	William and Mary	10	0	0	10
Chicago D	Chicago B	10	0	0	10
Chicago A	Chicago C	10	10	0	20
Indiana B	Chicago E	10	0	0	10
Illinois A	Illinois C	10	10	10	30
Indiana A	Northwestern B	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	Northwestern C	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame B	Northwestern D	10	0	0	10
Illinois B	Purdue A	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	Carleton College	10	0	0	10
Missouri A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Washington A	Claremont	10	0	0	10
Harvard A	Bowdoin A	10	10	0	20
Southern Connecticut State	Bowdoin B	10	0	0	10
Brandeis A	Harvard B	10	0	0	10
Brandeis B	MIT	0	0	0	0
Brown	Yale	10	0	0	10
Birmingham	LSE	10	0	0	10
Imperial A	Cambridge A	10	0	0	10
Manchester	Cambridge B	10	10	0	20
Cambridge C	Oxford C	10	0	0	10
Imperial B	Durham	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh A	Bristol	0	10	0	10
Southampton A	Edinburgh B	10	0	0	10
Cardiff	Imperial C	0	0	0	0
Montpellier	UCL	10	0	0	10
Oxford B	Southampton B	10	0	0	10
Oxford A	Warwick A	10	10	0	20
City St. George's	Warwick B	10	0	0	10