Question

Four figures tasked with moving this object are so large that journeying from their shoulders to their ears would take 700 years. One passage claims that the Sun goes beneath this object before receiving permission to rise. In (-5[1])many du’as, God is often described as “lord of” (-5[1])seven places and of this “magnificent” object. (10[1]-5[1])This object, which is found just above al-Firdaus, was located “upon the waters” before creation (-5[1])according (10[1])to Surah (-5[1])11. (-5[1])God is “ever-living,” (10[1]-5[1])“self-sustaining,” and never overtaken by “drowsiness nor sleep,” while this object “extends over the (10[1])heavens (10[2])and the earth,” (-5[1])according to a passage often recited to grant protection from jinns and devils. (-5[2])That 255th verse of Surah al-Baqarah (10[1])(“SOO-ruh ahl-BUH-kuh-ruh”) is named (10[2])after, (10[1])for 10 points, (10[1])what object (10[1]-5[1])that symbolizes God’s (10[1])kingly (-5[1])authority? (10[2])■END■ (10[8]0[24])

ANSWER: throne of Allah [or the throne of God; or seat of Allah; or chair of Allah; or footstool of Allah; or al-Arsh; accept Throne Verse or Ayat al-Kursi]
<Religion>
= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Duncan Griffiths (UG)William & Mary A (UG)UNC C (UG)37-5
Andrew HannaPennNYU A46-5
Albert SuBerkeley CStanford C53-5
Navtej SinghMichigan BMichigan C5310
Elliot CosnettOxford BCambridge C68-5
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMinnesota C6910
Ian DewanKielImperial B71-5
Sam FooCambridge ABristol72-5
Joshua CruiceOxford CImperial A75-5
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicMTSU7510
Omer KeskinOxford ACambridge B8910
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)Liberty A (Grad)9010
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghKCL9010
Andrew KelleyKentuckyVanderbilt A93-5
Nathan Redford (DII)Liberty C (DII)Maryland C (DII)106-5
Anwitha VempaliIowa BIowa A106-5
Ethan StrombeckStanford ABerkeley B11210
Swapnil GargBerkeley AStanford B11410
Munir Siddiqui (UG)Maryland B (UG)Virginia A (UG)11410
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU BJohn Jay11510
Sinecio Morales (DII)Johns HopkinsVassar11810
Bryan UgazArizona StateMinnesota B12010
Roxanne Tang (UG)Ohio State ACedarville120-5
Kevin ParkClaremont ATexas A12310
Aisling SkeetDurham BDurham A124-5
Daniel Kim (DII)Maryland C (DII)Liberty C (DII)12510
Rahim DinaImperial BKiel12510
Allan LeeStanford CBerkeley C1260
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)Duke A (UG)12610
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)GWU A (UG)1260
Vedang Singhal (DII)UNC D (DII)JMU B (UG)1260
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)Liberty B (DII)1260
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Roanoke College A (DII)12610
Connor Mayers (UG)Maryland A (Grad)Virginia B (UG)1260
Caleb Hines (DII)Liberty B (DII)Virginia C (UG)1260
Logan Mitchell (UG)JMU B (UG)UNC D (DII)1260
Cormac BeirneSorbonneAppalachian State1260
Roan DowlingIowa AIowa B1260
Daniel NeylonTexas A&M BMichigan State A1260
Sophie HiggsUW ARice A12610
Anton AkroushMichigan State ATexas A&M B1260
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateSorbonne1260
William DawsonUBC ATexas A&M A1260
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M AUBC A1260
Subhamitra Banerjee Roychoudhury (UG)Michigan AKenyon12610
Emmett Bicknell (DII)CedarvilleOhio State A1260
Ashish KumbhardareRowanColumbia B1260
Eshan Pant (DII)NYU APenn12610
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia AHaverford12610
William Groger (UG)Columbia BRowan1260
James ByrneBristolCambridge A1260
Enoch YuenImperial AOxford C1260
Michael KohnDurham ADurham B1260
Rose ConwayCambridge COxford B1260
Thomas HartWarwickSheffield1260
Freddy PottsSheffieldWarwick1260
Alan WuVanderbilt AKentucky1260
Alexander WyrickTennesseeVanderbilt B12610
Davin SivertsonAlabamaHarding12610