Question
A group of elderly women from this ethnic group known as the babushki matsik preserved their tantric texts and practices during Soviet-era exile to Siberia. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this modern ethnic group descended from the Oirats. These people are the only European ethnic group to primarily practice Buddhism.
ANSWER: Kalmyks [or Kalmyki; accept Xaľmgud or Halimaguud]
[10e] Kalmyks practice a branch of Buddhism named for this Asian region. Tenzin Gyatso leads a branch of Buddhism named for this region.
ANSWER: Tibet [or Böd; or Xīzàng; accept Tibetan Buddhism; prompt on Himalayas] (Tenzin Gyatso is the fourteenth Dalai Lama.)
[10h] The spiritual leader of the Kalmyk Buddhists, Erdne Ombadykow (“um-buh-DICK-off”), is considered a reincarnation of Tilopa, who summarized Buddhism with a set of this many “words of advice.” The Prajñāpāramitā sutras characterize bodhisattvas with a set of this many “perfections.”
ANSWER: six [or 6; accept six perfections or six pāramitās; accept six words of advice or six precepts]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown A | Cornell B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Chicago B | North Carolina A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Chicago C | Illinois A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Claremont A | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Duke A | Florida B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Florida A | Yale B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Harvard A | Minnesota A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Houston A | Penn A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Imperial A | Virginia A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| MIT A | Michigan A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland A | Rutgers A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Minnesota B | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Northwestern A | Stanford A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Ohio State A | Columbia A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn State A | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| South Carolina A | Purdue A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Texas A | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| UC Berkeley A | Johns Hopkins A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| UC Berkeley B | WUSTL B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| WUSTL A | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale A | McGill A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |