The Unbearable Heaviness of History Players (2026 NAFTA at UBC)
Tai Belke | Liam Markland | Yoyo Liu

CategoryOpponentEasyMediumHardTotalParts
BeliefsAbbas I founded the AbbasidsJews AND Gentiles(1)Antioch on the Orontes(3)olive branches(2)0
BeliefsUBC ABethlehem(3)a weaver’s beam(2)the killing of Goliath of Gath(1)10E
BeliefsUBC Athe 99 Names of Allah(1)Ahura Mazda(3)Bahá(2)20EM
BeliefsAbbas I founded the AbbasidsPure Lands(2)niànfó(1)contemplation(3)10E
BeliefsAbbas I founded the Abbasidscreating humanity(1)Ahmad ibn Hanbal(3)jugular vein(2)20EM
BeliefsAbbas I founded the AbbasidsDiwali(3)Mount Meru(2)Paryushana(1)10E
BeliefsUBC APoetic Edda(2)Ægir(3)ferryman(1)10E
BeliefsUBC Bfeathers(2)smoking ceremonies(1)fancy dance(3)20EM
BeliefsUBC BBrahma(2)The Laws of Manu(1)Ambedkarite Buddhism(3)0
Fine Arts - AuditoryAbbas I founded the AbbasidsSergei Rachmaninoff(2)Dies irae(3)The Bells(1)20EM
Fine Arts - AuditoryUBC ASurprise” Symphony(2)the “Erdődy” Quartets(1)Il Distratto(3)20EM
Fine Arts - AuditoryUBC BSummertime(1)jubilee(3)a motherless child(2)10E
Fine Arts - AuditoryUBC BGoldberg Variations(2)Yuja Wang(3)Víkingur Ólafsson(1)20EM
Fine Arts - AuditoryUBC AL’Orfeo(1)word painting(3)“Ahi, caso acerbo(2)20EM
Fine Arts - AuditoryAbbas I founded the AbbasidsDmitri Shostakovich(2)Masquerade(3)Dmitry Kabalevsky(1)0
Fine Arts - VisualAbbas I founded the AbbasidsRococo(2)fêtes galantes(1)hurdy-gurdy(3)10E
Fine Arts - VisualUBC BJasper Johns(2)Niki de Saint Phalle(3)targets(1)10E
Fine Arts - VisualUBC ASalvator(2)the prodigal son(3)Fortune(1)0
Fine Arts - VisualAbbas I founded the AbbasidsNazca culture(2)Theo van Doesburg(3)Joaquín Torres-García(1)10E
Fine Arts - VisualUBC BMoMA(2)Willem de Kooning(3)Frank O’Hara(1)10E
GeographyAbbas I founded the AbbasidsThe Bahamas(2)Providence(3)Turks Islands(1)20EM
GeographyUBC BOrange County(2)Santa Ana(3)Los Angeles(1)10E
GeographyUBC AKazakhs(3)Ulaanbaatar(1)zud(2)10E
GeographyAbbas I founded the AbbasidsRed Sea(2)Hijaz Mountains(1)Taif(3)10E
GeographyUBC AAmazigh(2)argan oil(1)Rif Mountains(3)10E
GeographyUBC BLuanda(1)primate city(3)informal(2)30EMH
History - AmericanAbbas I founded the AbbasidsBeecher(3)domesticity(1)Godey’s Lady’s Book(2)10E
History - AmericanUBC AMellon family(2)Pittsburgh(1)Freedom House Ambulance Service(3)0
History - AmericanUBC BGeorge W. Bush(1)Ted Kennedy(2)he forgot Poland(3)0
History - AmericanUBC AWashington, D.C.(2)Morris(3)Manhattan’s street grid(1)10E
History - EuropeanUBC BVeliky Novgorod(1)Primary Chronicle(3)Onfim(2)0
History - EuropeanAbbas I founded the AbbasidsKnights Templar(2)Cistercians(1)Cîteaux Abbey(3)20EM
History - EuropeanUBC BSolidarity(2)Wojciech Jaruzelski(3)dwarves(1)10E
History - EuropeanUBC AJames I of England(2)Venice(3)printer(1)20EH
History - OtherUBC Arailroad(2)1980s(3)Numbered Treaties(1)20EM
History - OtherUBC BUpper Egypt and Lower Egypt(2)king-lists(3)Nekhen(1)10E
History - OtherUBC Apottery(1)Olympic Truce(2)synoecism(3)10E
History - OtherAbbas I founded the AbbasidsThree Kingdoms period(2)Jìn dynasty(1)Gāopíng tombs(3)20EM
History - OtherUBC BVedas(1)cattle raids(3)Kuru Kingdom(2)20EM
History - OtherAbbas I founded the AbbasidsIroquois Confederacy(1)stadtholder of the Netherlands(2)the Lycian League(3)20EM
History - WorldAbbas I founded the AbbasidsNew Persian(1)Bukhara(3)Buyid dynasty(2)20EM
History - WorldUBC Bsugarcane(2)Trinidad(1)apprenticeship(3)10E
History - WorldUBC BLéopold Sédar Senghor(2)Keïta(3)Cheikh Anta Diop(1)0
History - WorldUBC AHeian period(2)black(3)lady(1)20EM
History - WorldUBC AMamluks(2)Delhi Sultanate(3)Shajar al-Durr(1)0
History - WorldAbbas I founded the AbbasidsMay(3)century of humiliation(2)Draft History of Qīng(1)20EM
Literature - AmericanAbbas I founded the AbbasidsJack Kerouac(1)angels(3)Desolation Peak(2)10E
Literature - AmericanUBC Abar(2)Sweat(1)Ayad Akhtar(3)10E
Literature - AmericanUBC BWilliam Faulkner(1)pocket watch(2)The Wild Palms(3)10E
Literature - AmericanUBC BWilliam Carlos Williams(1)Wright(3)get the news(2)20EM
Literature - AmericanUBC AYiddish(3)rabbis(1)Paddy Chayefsky(2)10E
Literature - BritishAbbas I founded the AbbasidsIan McEwan(2)bombing(3)The Trials of Arabella(1)10E
Literature - BritishUBC AEmma(1)Fanny Price(3)blunder(2)10E
Literature - BritishUBC Brevenge(3)bed trick(1)The Changeling(2)10E
Literature - BritishAbbas I founded the AbbasidsFinnegans Wake(3)O’Brien(1)Steven Moore(2)20EM
Literature - EuropeanUBC ACharles Baudelaire(1)Monsieur Vinteuil(3)passante(2)10E
Literature - EuropeanUBC Auniversities(2)drinking(1)ubi sunt(3)10E
Literature - EuropeanAbbas I founded the AbbasidsOdysseus(1)Catalogue of Ships(3)carry an oar inland(2)10E
Literature - EuropeanAbbas I founded the AbbasidsFriedrich Nietzsche(1)Faust, Part Two(3)self-fashioning(2)10E
Literature - EuropeanUBC Bshield of Achilles(3)Battle of Thermopylae(2)ut pictura poesis(1)10E
Literature - EuropeanUBC Bverse(2)double(1)Andrei Bely(3)0
Literature - WorldAbbas I founded the AbbasidsRabindranath Tagore(2)dance(3)the Mahabharata(1)10E
Literature - WorldUBC Aweeping(3)Al-Jāhiliyyah(1)Antarah ibn Shaddad al-Absi(2)10M
Literature - WorldUBC BThe Tragedy of Julius Caesar(1)John Kani(2)Sol Plaatje(3)10E
Literature - WorldUBC Bwriter’s workshop(1)Carmen Maria Machado(2)The Thing Around Your Neck(3)0
Literature - WorldUBC AFrance(1)Eileen Chang(3)Fortress Besieged(2)20EM
Literature - WorldAbbas I founded the AbbasidsTamil(2)sangams(3)Madurai(1)10E
Modern WorldAbbas I founded the AbbasidsGood Friday Agreement(1)Democratic Unionist Party(2)harmful algal bloom(3)10E
Modern WorldAbbas I founded the AbbasidsMombasa(2)wind farm(3)Kenya(1)10E
Modern WorldUBC AEvo Morales(2)plurinational state(3)El Alto(1)10E
Other AcademicUBC Aplanet(1)clearing the neighborhood of other bodies(2) AND (3)10E
Other AcademicUBC BDewey Decimal Classification(1)Otto Neurath(2)Vannevar Bush(3)20EM
Other AcademicUBC AMerriwether Lewis AND William Clark(2)giant ground sloths(3)extinction(1)10E
Other AcademicAbbas I founded the Abbasidseconomics(2)Edsger W. Dijkstra(3)melancholy science(1)10E
Other Auditory Fine ArtsUBC Awaltz(3)creole(2)Peru(1)10E
Other Auditory Fine ArtsUBC BSpain(3)Chick Corea(1)Gary Burton(2)10E
Other Auditory Fine ArtsUBC BThe Rite of Spring(1)Rudolf Nureyev(2)Pineapple Poll(3)10E
Other Science (Astronomy)Abbas I founded the AbbasidsN-body problem(2)density(3)cold dark matter(1)0
Other Science (Computer Science)Abbas I founded the Abbasidsclassification(2)complexity(3)probably approximately correct learning(1)10E
Other Science (Computer Science)UBC Ashortest path finding(2)Dijkstra’s algorithm(1)Johnson’s algorithm(3)20EM
Other Science (Computer Science)UBC Apigeonhole principle(2)hash collisions(1)Ralph Merkle(3)10E
Other Science (Earth Science)UBC Ahotspots(2)low velocity(1)lead(3)10E
Other Science (Engineering)UBC Adegrees of freedom(2)kinematic(1)dexterous workspace(3)20EM
Other Science (Math)UBC Bintegers(2)Banach-Tarski paradox(3)free product(1)20EM
Other Science (Math)UBC Btriangle inequality(3)interpolation(2)Hölder's inequality(1)10E
Other Visual Fine ArtsAbbas I founded the AbbasidsSergio Leone(2)acid(3)ramen(1)20EH
Other Visual Fine ArtsUBC ALas Vegas(2)Googie architecture(1)John Lautner(3)10E
Other Visual Fine ArtsUBC Bnegative(2)Julia Margaret Cameron(3)calotype(1)20EM
Other Visual Fine ArtsUBC BDiane Arbus(1)Shepard Fairey(2)Mona Hatoum(3)0
Other Visual Fine ArtsUBC AFederico Fellini(3)(2)circuses(1)10E
Other Visual Fine ArtsAbbas I founded the Abbasidssuspense(1)fireman(2)Abel Gance(3)10E
PhilosophyAbbas I founded the AbbasidsTractatus Logico-Philosophicus(2)throwing away the ladder(3)therapy(1)10E
PhilosophyUBC Ais-ought problem(2)naturalistic fallacy(1)Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy(3)20EM
PhilosophyUBC Bhumors(2)al-Kindī(1)Brethren of Purity(3)20EM
PhilosophyUBC Bthe gender binary(1)Edmund Husserl(3)Sandy Stone(2)10M
PhilosophyAbbas I founded the Abbasidscausation(2)intentions(1)drinking a toxin(3)20EM
PhilosophyUBC Aknowledge(1)universals(3)Dignāga(2)10E
Science - BiologyUBC Afunguses(3)L-arginine(2)protocooperation(1)10E
Science - BiologyUBC BCas9(2)Streptococcus(1)M protein(3)10E
Science - BiologyUBC ACOVID-19 virus(3)cryo-EM(1)ferritin(2)10E
Science - BiologyAbbas I founded the Abbasidsobesity(1)laparoscopes(3)Roux-en-Y gastric bypass(2)20EM
Science - BiologyAbbas I founded the AbbasidsDNA replication(1)hairpins(2)concatemers(3)10E
Science - ChemistryAbbas I founded the Abbasidspolymers(1)cooperativity(2)Bruno Zimm(3)10E
Science - ChemistryUBC Bamines(1)tautomerization(3)oximes(2)10E
Science - ChemistryAbbas I founded the Abbasidsammonia(2)cryptands(3)Zintl phases(1)10E
Science - PhysicsAbbas I founded the Abbasidsresonance(1)spectral line broadening(3)Gregory Breit AND Eugene Wigner(2)10E
Science - PhysicsUBC Btorus(2)dynamos(1)ambipolar diffusion(3)0
Science - PhysicsUBC B50 ohms(2)impedance(1)VSWR(3)0
Social ScienceAbbas I founded the Abbasidsdiminutive(2)wugs(1)rick or gling or spow or bodd(3)10E
Social ScienceUBC Blabor(3)capital asset pricing model(2)generalized method of moments(1)10E
Social ScienceUBC Bschools(1)reasonable accommodation(2)margin of appreciation doctrine(3)20EM
Social ScienceUBC Aprotests(1)Charles Tilly(3)3.5 percent(2)10E
Social ScienceUBC Amass media(2)Judith Butler(3)securitization(1)20EM