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 A“Surprise” Symphony(2)✓the “Erdődy” Quartets(1)✓“Il Distratto”(3)✕20EM
Fine Arts - AuditoryUBC B“Summertime”(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)✓8½(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