Packet 7: Bonus 5
One of these objects grew into the makopa (“muh-KO-puh”) fruit after being buried, while others were supposedly lost underwater while being hidden from Moro pirates. For 10 points each:
[10h] Four birds survive the Kurukshetra War under what type of object that falls from an elephant? The largest of these objects ever made is said to be guarded by dragons in the Bago (“buh-GO”) River.
ANSWER: bells [or campanas or kampana; accept sunken bell; accept Great Bell of Dhammazedi; prompt on musical instruments]
[10e] Protecting a bell is a common motif in folklore from this country, which includes the moon-eating Bakunawa dragon, the vampiric aswang (“ass-WUNG”) and many diwata spirits named Maria.
ANSWER: the Philippines [accept Filipino folklore]
[10m] Filipino spirits named for this phenomenon often appear on bell towers. Malay fishermen use sugar palm to block spirits of this phenomenon, whose conventional name references a member of the Fourteen Holy Helpers who aids sailors.
ANSWER: Saint Elmo’s fire [or witchfire, witch’s fire, corposant, furole, Helene, Saint Helen’s fire, or Saint Hermes’s fire; accept santelmo or fanfanilag; prompt on plasma or fire or ghost lights]
<Editors, Mythology> | G. Prelims 7 - Georgia Tech A + Berkeley A + Bruin + Georgetown
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 11.90 | 95% | 14% | 10% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | UCF | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia A | Cambridge | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cornell | MIT | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech C | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois A | Brown | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Johns Hopkins | Stanford B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland A | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland B | Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michigan | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | HE |
| NYU A | Northwestern B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Pittsburgh | Waterloo | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | Toronto B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Swarthmore | Ohio State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Texas | Chicago A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto A | Penn State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley B | Vanderbilt | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCLA | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia | North Carolina | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia Tech | Minnesota | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | HE |
| WashU | Harvard | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 21 | 11.90 | 95% | 14% | 10% |