Holy Wednesday - 2024 PLAYTIME

Question

Matins and lauds for Maundy Thursday are central to Tenebrae services that are most commonly held on this specific day. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this holiday that serves to commemorate the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot, sometimes named for Judas’s role in the plot.

ANSWER: Holy Wednesday [or Spy Wednesday; or Good Wednesday; or Great Wednesday]

[10e] These objects are often put out during Tenebrae services before the “strepitus” is conducted in complete darkness. These objects are often placed in the front of churches to be lit during vigils and other ceremonies.

ANSWER: candles [accept vigil candles]

[10m] Tenebrae services involve extensive reading of sections of this Biblical book. The last candle is often extinguished while reading this book’s 150th chapter, which exhorts readers to “Praise God in his sanctuary.”

ANSWER: Psalms [accept Psalm 150]

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Summary


2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	8	18.75	100%	75%	13%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC	10/05/2024	Y	8	18.75	100%	88%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	6	13.33	100%	33%	0%

Data


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