Question

This character is told that those who wait 1,335 days will be blessed after being asked to seal a scroll until the “times of the end.” A horn with human eyes appears before this (10[1])character in a vision in which four winds churn up four beasts from the sea. (10[2])This character (10[1])learns that there will be seven and (10[1])sixty-two (-5[1])“sevens” (-5[1])before a foreign king establishes (10[2]-5[1])the “abomination (10[1])of desolation.” (10[3]-5[1])This character, (10[1])who only consumes vegetables and water (10[2])for 10 (10[1])days, (10[1])becomes governor after explaining that four successive kingdoms are represented by a head of gold, (10[2])chest (10[1])of silver, (10[2]-5[1])belly (-5[1])of bronze, (-5[1])and feet (-5[2])of iron (10[1])and clay on (10[1])a statue. (10[1]-5[1])Three companions of this man who emerge unharmed (10[1]-5[1])from a furnace (10[1])are named (-5[1])Shadrach, (10[2])Meshach, (10[1])and Abednego. For 10 points, (10[1])what biblical man (-5[1])interprets the writing on the wall (10[1])at Belshazzar’s feast? (10[3]0[1]-5[1])■END■ (10[4]0[6])

ANSWER: Daniel [or Belteshazzar; reject “Belshazzar”]
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= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ben LaFondCambridge BOxford B3310
Vishal Kanigcherla (UG)PennJohn Jay4810
Alexander WyrickTennesseeGeodesic4810
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)UNC D (DII)5010
Thomas HartWarwickDurham A5710
Alessandro BogoKCLCambridge C58-5
Cade ReinbergerRIT BCornell B59-5
Daniel NeylonTexas A&M BTexas A&M A64-5
Sam FooCambridge ASheffield6410
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghImperial B6410
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)Liberty C (DII)6610
Subhamitra Banerjee Roychoudhury (UG)Michigan AOhio State B6810
Ian DewanKielOxford A6810
Caden HausteinHardingKentucky6810
James McCurleyHarvard BHarvard A68-5
Michael MaysImperial ADurham B7010
Eric Gunter (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Virginia A (UG)7610
Sinecio Morales (DII)Johns HopkinsColumbia B7610
Derek Works (DII)Liberty B (DII)GWU B (Grad)7810
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)Maryland A (Grad)7910
Anton AkroushMichigan State ASorbonne9410
Roxanne Tang (UG)Ohio State AMichigan B9410
Jack LewisMTSUVanderbilt A9510
Andy DurhamStanford CStanford B9710
Will HooverRIT ABinghamton97-5
Mitchell ShaddenTexas AUW A9710
Brian Dudley (UG)William & Mary A (UG)JMU A (UG)98-5
Noah Dean (DII)KenyonMichigan C100-5
Raymond WangCornell ACornell C102-5
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateIowa A102-5
Akshay SeetharamClaremont AIowa B10410
Sanjay SrihalGeorgia Tech ASouth Carolina10710
Mason Mabry (DII)Virginia B (UG)GWU A (UG)109-5
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)JMU B (UG)10910
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley C11710
Alan ZhangUBC ARice A117-5
Tim MorrisonStanford ABerkeley A12010
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)Maryland B (UG)122-5
Owen Mimno (DII)NYU ARowan12310
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BAlabama12310
Roan DowlingIowa AAppalachian State12410
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarColumbia C12910
Nicholas DahlenTufts ATufts B132-5
Noelle Ropp (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)UNC C (UG)13810
Karthik PrasadCornell BRIT B14110
Seth WebbTexas A&M ATexas A&M B14110
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU BHaverford141-5
Audrey Cho (DII)HaverfordNYU B1410
Elijah ScheinsonOxford CBristol14110
Aadarsh BalireddyCornell CCornell A1420
Carly Hemani (DII)JMU A (UG)William & Mary A (UG)1420
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)Virginia B (UG)14210
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland B (UG)Virginia C (UG)1420
Rahul KumarRice AUBC A1420
Mitchell IndekMichigan CKenyon14210
Rose ConwayCambridge CKCL1420
Jake MarkusDartmouth BDartmouth A14210
William DouganDartmouth ADartmouth B1420
Joy AnHarvard AHarvard B14210