Question
A figure often equated with this person traveled to the setting sun, which he found setting in a muddy spring. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this historical person, whose analog is asked to build a wall to contain the tribes Gog and Magog, or Yajuj and Majuj. This non-Yemeni person is often considered an analog to Zul-Qarnain due to a Syriac legend.
ANSWER: Alexander the Great [or Alexander III of Macedon; prompt on Alexander; prompt on Alexander Legend]
[10e] The story of Zul-Qarnain containing Yajuj and Majuj is found in the 18th sura of the Quran, which is named for these locations. While in one of these locations in Mount Hira, Muhammad was visited by Jibril.
ANSWER: cave [accept Sura Al-Kahf]
[10m] Sura Al-Kahf is preceded by a sura named for part of this event. A section of al-Tabari’s history claims Yajuj and Majuj were called to worship Allah during this event, when Muhammad was transported to the “farthest mosque” by Jibril.
ANSWER: Night Journey [accept Isra’; accept Mi’raj; accept Sura Al-Isrā’]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
Data
| Columbia A | Haverford | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia B | Rowan A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Princeton A | Columbia C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell C | Penn A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| NYU A | Bard A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Rutgers A | Yale B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Princeton B | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Vassar | Penn B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Yale A | Yale C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |