Packet 1: Bonus 16
Original-language term required. A thinker described men who defeat an army with wooden sticks to praise a ruler who possesses this trait. For 10 points each:
[10h] What trait is also demonstrated by a king who switches a sacrificial ox with a sheep after seeing its frightened appearance? Chapter 3 of a different text wonders what someone lacking this trait has to do with music.
ANSWER: rén (“run”) [accept rénzhě wúdí]
[10e] This “second sage” of Confucianism declared that the benevolent are invincible in his namesake text, which argues for the innate goodness of human beings.
ANSWER: Mencius [or Mèngzǐ (“MUNG-dzuh”); or Meng Tzu; or Meng Ke]
[10m] Mencius argued that, alongside the virtues of yì, lǐ, and zhì (“jurr”), rén can be cultivated from this set of innate moral senses. The existence of these things is explained with the example of someone witnessing a child fall down a well.
ANSWER: four sprouts [or sìduān; or four beginnings; or four hearts]
<Toronto A, Philosophy> | A. Prelims 1 - Waterloo + Toronto A + Georgia Tech B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 13.33 | 91% | 33% | 10% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Virginia | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Brown | Vanderbilt | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge | Rutgers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago A | Harvard | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Columbia A | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia Tech C | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois A | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | Maryland A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| MIT | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Minnesota | Maryland B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NYU A | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| North Carolina | UCF | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern A | Michigan | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Penn State | UCLA | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Pittsburgh | Cornell | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford B | Northwestern B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Texas | Ohio State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto B | Bruin | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Virginia Tech | Purdue | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| WashU | Swarthmore | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | H |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 21 | 13.33 | 91% | 33% | 10% |