Packet 9: Bonus 1
The third of three legendary gatherings took place in this city after the first two sites were “seized by the ocean.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this city where the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Idylls were written. A faithful woman curses this city to burn by tearing off her breast following the wrongful execution of her husband for stealing the queen’s anklet.
ANSWER: Madurai
[10e] Madurai burns to the ground at the end of Cilappatikāram (“chil-luh-pah-tih-KAH-rum”), one of the Five Great Epics of this South Asian Dravidian language.
ANSWER: Tamil [or Thamizh]
[10m] Madurai hosted the third of these gatherings, which lasted for 1850 years. U. V. Swaminatha Iyer helped republish much of the lost literature written during these semi-legendary gatherings of Tamil poets.
ANSWER: sangams [or caṅkam; accept kaṭaicaṅkam]
<TC, World Literature> | NAFTA-Packet-9
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
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| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✕ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✕ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✕ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✕ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✕ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✕ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✕ | 6 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✕ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |