Packet 4: Bonus 6
In Japanese folklore, a hatsuyume (“HAHT-soo-yoo-meh”) is the first dream after this day. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this day whose lunar type is celebrated in China with gifts of red envelopes.
ANSWER: New Year’s Day [accept Solar New Year; accept Chinese New Year; or Lunar New Year; or shōgatsu; or shin’nen; or xīnnián; prompt on Spring Festival or chūnjié]
[10m] Most Japanese families send nengajo to each other on New Year’s Day, except when this type of event occurred in the past year. Shinigami are kami that help facilitate this event that is honored by the Bon Festival.
ANSWER: death [accept word forms like dying; accept other euphemisms like passed away and kicked the bucket]
[10h] At the turn of the new year, Buddhist temples use a bonshō, one of these objects, 108 times. During the Bon Festival, two of these objects summon and send back spirits of the dead.
ANSWER: bells [accept Buddhist bells; or hanging bells; or great bells; accept tsurigane; or ōgane]
<Editors, Religion> | Packet D
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 100 | 19.60 | 100% | 68% | 28% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Santa Barbara | Claremont C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| UCLA C | UCLA A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UCLA D | USC A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UCLA E | Claremont A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| UCLA F | USC B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UCSD A | UC Irvine | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UCSD B | Claremont B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 21.43 | 100% | 86% | 29% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 23.00 | 100% | 90% | 40% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 67% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 89% | 11% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 19.17 | 100% | 58% | 33% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 21.67 | 100% | 75% | 42% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |