Question

An apocryphal addition to this book describes a locked room mystery where priests were consuming offerings left for the god Bel. (20[1])A figure in this (20[1])book is told “the sanctuary will be cleansed” (20[1])after he has a vision about a goat slaying a ram with its horn. (20[1])A man in this book refuses to eat the king’s meat (20[2])for ten days, (20[1])making him (20[1])appear (20[2])“fairer and fatter.” (20[1])This book’s title character (20[1])interprets the phrase (20[2])“mene, (20[2])mene, tekel, upharsin” (20[1])(“MEH-nay MEH-nay TEK-el oo-FAR-seen”). After refusing to (*) bow to a king’s golden (10[1])statue (10[1])in this book, (10[1]0[1])Shadrach (10[2])(“SHAD-rack”), Meshach (10[2])(“MEE-shack”), and (0[1])Abednego (10[1])(“uh-BED-nuh-goh”) emerge unharmed from a furnace with the “a son of the gods.” (10[2]0[1])For 10 points, name this Old Testament book whose title prophet interprets a warning (0[1])at Belshezzar’s (“BEL-shuh-zar’s”) feast and survives being thrown (0[1])into the lions’ den. (10[4])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Book of Daniel
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Michelle LuoJohns Creek AMira Loma2020
Ethan BositaSt. Mark'sBarrington A2420
Ryan ZhangThomas Jefferson BDunbar3220
Aarushi KanigicherlaThomas Jefferson CMexico4620
Elliott LeeThomas Jefferson AHunter A5720
Sinecio MoralesRockford Auburn AWinston Churchill A5720
Braden BoothDallas CountySolon6020
Isaac McCollumHoover BMaggie Walker B6220
Edward KimJohns Creek BWinston Churchill B6320
Joshua FanRichard MontgomeryKinkaid6320
Russell DillakNorthmont BDetroit Catholic Central B6620
Sean LeeChattahoochee BBarrington B7020
Matthew LiuChattahoochee AIrvington A7320
Jack MangrumInnovation Academy ALincoln-Way East7320
Aeres ZhouDetroit Country DayBelmont7420
Samuel LiThomas Jefferson DHinsdale Central7420
Kaplan EvansParkway WestNorthmont A7720
Andrew TsuiCanyon CrestMaggie Walker A8510
Michael GoffMoberlyJohn Adams B8610
Monit KarmakerStevenson AWinnebago890
Will CarstensDetroit Catholic Central AUniversity Lab8910
Brayden FerrellHeightsChoate Rosemary Hall9010
Ryan DaiCarbondaleMaggie Walker C9010
David BertolasiBelvidereElkhorn North9110
Sean HarbisonWest PointDetroit Catholic Central C9110
Dwij BhattWilliam FremdWoodland920
Puna EkkaNew BrightonWalter Payton9310
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianStevenson B10510
William ThainSaint JosephLake Highland1050
Charles HeydtMidtownCarl Sandburg10510
Justin YangNormanWaukee1190
Grace NuckollsWashingtonHunter B1260
Luke PuttnamInnovation Academy BNorris13010
Paul SamuelLake HighlandSaint Joseph13010
Brielle RachRockford Auburn BMercer County13010
Nathan WuPlymouthTroy13010
Evan LinWoodlandWilliam Fremd13110
Sam AsplundWinnebagoStevenson A1310
Atharva UpadhyeWaukeeNorman13110
Ayan KohliHunter BWashington1310