Aristobulus - 2024 PLAYTIME

Question

A king of this name fought a civil war with his younger brother, Hyrcanus III. For 10 points each:

[10h] Give this name of two kings from the Hasmonean dynasty. This was the name of the first king of Judea, who conquered Galilee from the Itureans.

ANSWER: Aristobulus [accept Aristobulus I; accept Aristobulus II]

[10e] Aristobulus I’s wife, Salome Alexandra, tricked Aristobulus into murdering his brother by telling him to show up to his palace in this city. This holy city served as the capital of Judea.

ANSWER: Jerusalem [or Yerushalayim; or al-Quds]

[10m] The reigns of Aristobulus I and Aristobulus II were detailed by this historian. This Roman-Jewish historian detailed many facets of Jewish history, including the siege of Masada.

ANSWER: Flavius Josephus [or Yosef ben Mattityahu]

<AD, Ancient History>

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2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	8	18.75	100%	88%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	7	14.29	100%	43%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC	10/05/2024	Y	8	16.25	100%	63%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%

Data


Michigan B	Ohio State C	10	10	20
Ohio State A	Michigan D	10	10	20
Oberlin	Michigan C	10	0	10
Michigan A	Ohio State B	10	10	20
Pittsburgh	Ohio State D	10	0	10
UCSD	Claremont A	10	10	20
Billy's Bastion	Qin Shi Huang's Immortality Poison	10	10	20
Too much from you lately	Edwin Laundrorat's Long-Lost Man Unclothès Rat Degrosses	10	0	10
Project2025BC: Make Assyria Great Again	Keeping Up With the Cardassians	10	10	20
Brandeis	Lexington	10	10	20
Brown	Harvard	10	10	20
MIT	Belmont	10	10	20
Boston University	RIT	10	10	20
girl 15 whale i mean they	Art of Premature Signaling	10	10	20
Jason B	Claremont B	10	0	10
UCLA A	Caltech	10	10	20
UCSB	UCLA B	10	10	20
NYU B	Georgetown	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	NYU C	10	0	10
Haverford B	Johns Hopkins B	10	0	10
Maryland B	Haverford A	10	0	10
NYU A	Rutgers	10	10	20
Arizona State University A	Alberta	10	10	20
Arizona State University B	Carleton	10	10	20
UW B	South Dakota School of Mines	10	0	10
UW A	Washington Connections	10	0	10
2 Italians, 2 Poles, All Noles	Quatumvirate	10	10	20
Egypt Airlines Haters	Four Generalists in Search of a Power	10	10	20
Free Agents 1	Notre Dame + Epic Games	10	10	20
Illinois Orange	MSJ	10	10	20
mongeese	Mahjonng Masters	10	0	10
evil women enjoyers	Mike Dukakis Tank Battalion	10	10	20
Monsieur Hulot's Academic Team	Gruh	10	10	20
Trip-Hop Quizzer Tricky	we need new names	10	10	20
Birmingham	Sheffield C	10	10	20
Cambridge	Imperial A	10	10	20
Imperial B	Edinburgh	10	0	10
LSE	Lancaster	10	0	10
Manchester	Sheffield A	10	10	20
Sheffield B	Warwick A	10	0	10
Warwick B	Warwick C	10	0	10
Mac A	UBC	10	0	10
Toronto C	McGill A	10	10	20
Ottawa A	McGill B	10	10	20
Waterloo A	Simon Fraser	10	10	20
Toronto A	Toronto B	10	10	20
Guelph	Toronto D	10	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Waterloo B	10	10	20
Waterloo C	Toronto E	10	0	10
Master and Margaritaville	4 quizbowl pros go Virginia on North Carolina	10	10	20
Somehow Paula Deen Returned	Adrianne Lenker 4 Nobel Lit Prize 2K65	10	10	20
Ashurbanipal’s Drag Race	Even in Blacksburg There I Am	10	10	20
Truman State	Illinois A	10	10	20
Iowa State	Illinois B	10	10	20
Catholic University of America	George Washington	10	0	10
Maryland A	George Mason B	10	10	20
George Mason C	CWRU	10	0	10
Chicago B	WashU Bulbasaur	10	10	20
Chicago B	WashU Bulbasaur	10	0	10
Chicago B	Missouri	10	10	20
Chicago B	Missouri	10	0	10
Chicago B	WashU Bulbasaur	10	10	20
Chicago B	WashU Bulbasaur	10	0	10
Chicago B	Missouri	10	10	20
Chicago B	Missouri	10	0	10
SIUE	WashU Bulbasaur	10	0	10