Packet 1: Bonus 11
According to the Nihon Shoki, this figure was conceived after his mother received a vision of a golden Buddha. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Asuka period figure who wrote a seventeen-article “constitution” calling for harmony and reverence for Buddhism. This person constructed 46 temples, including Hōryū-ji and Shitennō-ji.
ANSWER: Prince Shōtoku [or Shōtoku Taishi; accept Umayado or Kamitsumiya or Toyosatomimi; reject Empress Shotoku]
[10e] Legendarily, Prince Shōtoku aided a beggar who was secretly this First Patriarch of Zen. This “blue-eyed barbarian” with a Sanskrit name founded the Shaolin Monastery and inspired a type of luck-granting red doll.
ANSWER: Bodhidharma [or Daruma; or Damo]
[10m] According to this sect, Shotoku was a reincarnation of Huisi, who taught its founder Zhiyi. After a vision from Shotoku, Shinran became one of many Kamakura-era monks to reject the esotericism of this sect based on Mount Hiei.
ANSWER: Tendai [or Tiantai]
<TC, Beliefs> | NAFTA-Packet-1
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 7.50 | 50% | 0% | 25% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✕ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 0% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✕ | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✕ | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✕ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 0% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 7.50 | 50% | 0% | 25% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 0% | 20% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✕ | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✕ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 0% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✕ | 6 | 13.33 | 83% | 0% | 50% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 8.00 | 80% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✕ | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 0% | 50% |