Packet 5: Bonus 6
Many Australian Aboriginal cultures use berrigan for this practice to commemorate births and circumcision. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this practice used by many North American Indigenous peoples as a general blessing. The chain Anthropologie sells “kits” with an overharvested Californian “white” plant to New Age appropriators of this practice.
ANSWER: smoking ceremonies [or smudging ceremonies; accept word forms; accept any answer that describes producing smoke; prompt on descriptions of burning something with “to cause what?”; reject answers mentioning “incense”]
[10e] Smudging ceremonies may involve fanning smoke with these sacred objects. Assembly Bill 1369 in California would enforce the right to wear regalia like these main components of war bonnets at graduations.
ANSWER: feathers [accept specific types]
[10h] Young male competitors in this powwow dance wear two feathered wing-like bustles and precisely match the drums. Ponca boys began this dance in the 1920s because traditional ones were illegal or supposedly too threatening.
ANSWER: fancy dance(ing) [or Pan-Indian dance(ing) or fancy feather dance(ing) or fancy war dance(ing)]
<JG, Beliefs> | NAFTA-Packet-5
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 16.06 | 82% | 64% | 15% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Unbearable Heaviness of History Players | UBC B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| UBC A | Abbas I founded the Abbasids | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 75% | 100% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 60% | 60% | 20% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 50% | 100% | 0% |