Pāndavas - Eastern Canada

Question

The twin medicine gods known as the Ashvins (“USH-vins”) fathered the two youngest members of this group. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this group of brothers who are exiled into a forest for 12 years after losing a dice game before the Kurukshetra (“koo-rook-SHAY-truh”) War.

ANSWER: Pāndavas [accept Pāndaputra or Pāndavakumara or Kaunteya or Mādreya]

[10h] This eldest of the Pāndavas loses the dice game. This man is the only one to obey the command not to drink water from an enchanted lake until answering the questions of his disguised father, Yama (“YUM-uh”).

ANSWER: Yudhishthira (“yoo-DISH-tih-ruh”) [accept Dharmaputra]

[10e] Arjuna, who becomes renowned for his mastery in this skill, vows to kill Karna after losing the dice game. Arjuna wins the svayamvara (“swuh-YUM-vuh-ruh”), a contest in this skill for the hand of Draupadi, by striking a suspended fish five times.

ANSWER: archery

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Florida	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	3	26.67	100%	100%	67%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
North	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	24.00	100%	80%	60%
Northwest	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


Toronto A	Toronto G	10	10	10	30
McGill A	Toronto D	10	0	10	20