friends of Job - 2024 PLAYTIME

Question

Note to players: Description acceptable. Andrew E. Steinmann describes the cyclical nature of speeches given by these people in an essay on the “Structure and Method” of the book they appear in. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name or describe this group of characters who are called “miserable comforters” by a man who commits to “repent in dust and ashes” after being condemned by the young Elihu.

ANSWER: friends of Job [accept descriptions of Job’s friends or the people who talk to Job; accept Eliphaz AND Bildad AND Zophar; prompt on any single one of their names]

[10e] A person with this relation to Job tells him to “curse God and die” when he’s afflicted with a skin condition. After looking back at Sodom and Gomorrah, a person with this relation to Lot is turned into a pillar of salt.

ANSWER: wife [accept Lot’s wife; accept Job’s wife]

[10m] The Book of Job is often grouped with books like Ecclesiastes under books of this concept. According to one scripture, “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of [this concept].”

ANSWER: wisdom

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2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	16.67	100%	33%	33%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%

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Michigan A	Michigan D	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Pittsburgh	0	10	0	10
Oberlin	Ohio State A	0	10	0	10
Ohio State D	Ohio State B	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	Ohio State C	0	10	0	10
Art of Premature Signaling	Claremont B	0	10	10	20
girl 15 whale i mean they	UCLA A	0	10	10	20
P.C.‚ Daniel‚ Michel‚ and Jason B	UCSB	0	10	10	20
Edwin Laundrorat's Long-Lost Man Unclothès Rat Degrosses	Keeping Up With the Cardassians	0	10	10	20
Project2025BC: Make Assyria Great Again	Billy's Bastion	0	10	10	20
Too much from you lately	Qin Shi Huang's Immortality Poison	0	10	10	20
UCSD	Caltech	0	10	0	10
Claremont A	UCLA B	0	10	10	20
Belmont	RIT	0	10	0	10
Brown	Brandeis	0	10	0	10
Lexington	Harvard	0	10	0	10
MIT	BU	10	10	10	30
George Mason B	George Washington	0	10	0	10
Haverford A	George Mason C	0	10	0	10
Catholic University of America	Haverford B	0	10	0	10
NYU A	Johns Hopkins A	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	Georgetown	10	10	10	30
NYU C	George Mason A	0	10	0	10
Rutgers	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
Carleton	SD Mines	0	10	0	10
Alberta	Washington Connections	0	10	0	10
Arizona State University A	UW A	10	10	0	20
Egypt Airlines Haters	we need new names	10	10	10	30
Four Generalists in Search of a Power	2 Italians, 2 Poles, All Noles	0	10	0	10
MSJ	Gruh	0	10	0	10
Illinois Orange	Free Agents 1	0	10	0	10
Mahjonng Masters	Auburn 2026	0	10	0	10
Mike Dukakis Tank Battalion	mongeese	0	10	0	10
Monsieur Hulot's Academic Team	Notre Dame + Epic Games	10	10	10	30
Trip-Hop Quizzer Tricky	Quatumvirate	10	10	10	30
evil women enjoyers	Goober Gang	0	10	0	10
UW B	Arizona State University B	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	Cambridge	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh	Manchester	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Lancaster	0	10	10	20
Imperial B	Sheffield C	0	10	0	10
Sheffield B	Warwick B	0	10	0	10
Sheffield A	Warwick C	0	10	0	10
Ashurbanipal’s Drag Race	Somehow Paula Deen Returned	10	10	10	30
Iowa State	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Missouri	WashU Bulbasaur	0	10	10	20
WashU Charmander	Chicago A	0	10	0	10
Even in Blacksburg There I Am	4 quizbowl pros go Virginia on North Carolina	0	10	10	20
Master and Margaritaville	Adrianne Lenker 4 Nobel Lit Prize 2K65	0	10	0	10