Packet 1: Bonus 19
The execution of Yaoya Oshichi for damaging a temple in 1683 inspired the superstition that women born in this zodiac year ruin their husbands’ lives. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name the element and the animal that coincided on the Japanese calendar in 1966, leading to a drop of nearly 25 percent in birthrates.
ANSWER: fire horse [or hinoe-uma; prompt on fire, horse, hi, hinoe, or uma] (Due to the five by twelve cycle, 2026 is also a fire horse year.)
[10e] Birth rates often rise in the Year of the Dragon, which is replaced on Southeast Asian zodiacs by these snakelike creatures. In Hinduism, these creatures’ “rajas” include Vasuki and Shesha.
ANSWER: nagas
[10m] Although Japanese dragons are mostly inspired by Chinese myth, a white dragon based on Vritra often appears with the goddess Benzaiten, who is a member of this group. Bishamonten (“bee-sha-MOAN-ten”), the Japanese equivalent of Kubera, is also part of this numbered group of deities.
ANSWER: Seven Lucky Gods [or Seven Luck Gods or Seven Gods of Fortune or Seven Gods of Good Fortune or Shichifukujin; accept deities in place of “gods”; prompt on seven gods, luck gods, fortune gods, or equivalents]
<Editors, Mythology> | A. Prelims 1 - Waterloo + Toronto A + Georgia Tech B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 13.75 | 100% | 25% | 13% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruin | Toronto B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| MIT | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland A | Indiana | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| NYU A | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | HE |
| Rutgers | Cambridge | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | Columbia A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley B | Illinois A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia | British Columbia | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 8 | 13.75 | 100% | 25% | 13% |