Packet 2: Bonus 7
People receiving materials for this task are told to “care for them as if they were [their] own eyes” in Dōgen’s essay Tenzo Kyōkun (“KYO-koon”). For 10 points each:
[10h] Only enlightened monks can perform what task, which often includes seated meditation while making circular motions with a surikogi?
ANSWER: cooking [or cuisine or making food or preparing meals or equivalents; accept shōjin ryōri; accept grinding sesame, using a mortar, or using a pestle] (A surikogi is a pestle used to grind sesame.)
[10m] Zen meals exclude this many “pungent vegetables,” begin with this many reflections, and contain this many colors and flavors. Buddhist laypeople follow this number of ethical rules, including one interpreted as requiring vegetarianism.
ANSWER: five
[10e] Three of these items may be used when eating Zen food to promote mindfulness. The passage of robes and these items represents the transmission of Dharmic teachings, and they are held by monks practicing takuhatsu, or begging.
ANSWER: bowls
<Editors, Religion> | B. Prelims 2 - Northwestern A + Virginia Tech + Brown + Penn State
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 13.33 | 91% | 43% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | North Carolina | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Bruin | Stanford A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cambridge | Virginia | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Chicago A | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Columbia A | UCF | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Columbia B | Cornell | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech B | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Harvard | Georgetown | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Indiana | MIT | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Johns Hopkins | Northwestern B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Michigan | Georgia Tech C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| NYU A | Stanford B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Pittsburgh | Maryland A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Purdue | UCLA | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Texas | Swarthmore | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Toronto A | Maryland B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Toronto B | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| UC Berkeley A | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Vanderbilt | Illinois A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| WashU | Georgia Tech A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Waterloo | NYU B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 21 | 13.33 | 91% | 43% | 0% |