Ya‘jūj AND Ma‘jūj - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Surah al-’Anbiyā’ says that no society destroyed by Allah can rise again until these entities are set loose. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name these figures imprisoned beyond the Caspian Gates by the Two-Horned One, often identified as Alexander the Great. These hordes of diminutive homunculi will be freed by Allah “to do mischief upon the earth” in the end times.

ANSWER: Ya‘jūj AND Ma‘jūj [or Ya‘jūj wa Ma‘jūj; or Gog AND Magog; or Gōg u-Māgōg; accept Jūj in place of “Ya‘jūj”]

[10h] Surah al-’Anbiyā’ also describes this figure as “steadfast” and “truly of the righteous” alongside Ishmael and Idrīs. This figure is identified with the Old Testament prophet whose namesake book first mentioned “Gog of the Land of Magog.”

ANSWER: Dhu-l Kifl (“zool KEEF-uhl”) [prompt on Ezekiel]

[10e] Jesus will return to kill a “false” one of these figures before defeating Ya‘jūj and Ma‘jūj in Islamic eschatology. Belief in one of these returning saviour figures is common to all major Abrahamic religions.

ANSWER: messiah [or al-Masīḥ]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
Canada	Main	Y	6	10.00	83%	17%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	11.43	86%	29%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	8.00	80%	0%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	8.00	80%	0%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	10.00	80%	20%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	10.83	83%	25%	0%
UK	Main	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	10.00	75%	25%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	10.00	88%	13%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Stanford A	Berkeley A	10	10	20
Berkeley E	Berkeley B	0	10	10
Berkeley C	Berkeley D	0	10	10
Stanford C	Stanford B	0	0	0
Claremont Scripps	Claremont Pitzer	0	10	10
UCLA A	USC	0	10	10
UCLA B	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	10	10	20
UCLA C	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	0	0
UCSB	UCLA D	0	10	10
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	UCI	0	10	10
UCF A	FIU	0	10	10
UCF B	UF A	0	10	10
UF B	UF E	0	10	10
USF	Melbourne B	0	0	0
Pitt B	CWRU D	0	10	10
MSU B	Kenyon A	0	10	10
CWRU B	MSU A	0	0	0
OSU A	OSU D	10	10	20
CWRU A	OSU B	10	10	20
OSU C	Pitt A	0	10	10
Pitt C	Kenyon B	0	10	10
South Carolina B	Virginia B	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	Tennessee A	0	10	10
Tusculum	Tennessee B	0	10	10
Virginia A	North Carolina B	0	10	10
Clemson A	South Carolina A	0	10	10
Clemson B	Liberty C	0	10	10
Liberty A	North Carolina A	0	0	0
James Madison	Liberty B	0	10	10
NC State	Roanoke	0	10	10
North Carolina C	Virginia Tech B	0	0	0
Columbia A	Columbia C	0	10	10
Columbia B	Rowan A	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Lehigh A	0	0	0
Rutgers C	Vassar A	0	10	10
Missouri A	WashU A	0	10	10
Missouri B	WashU B	0	10	10
WashU C	Truman State	0	10	10
William Woods	WashU D	0	0	0
Swarthmore A	Lehigh B	0	10	10
Chicago B	UIC	0	10	10
Illinois A	Chicago C	10	0	10
Kentucky	Illinois B	0	10	10
Illinois C	Michigan A	0	0	0
Indiana A	Michigan C	0	10	10
Louisville B	Indiana B	0	10	10
Michigan B	Notre Dame C	10	10	20
Notre Dame D	Michigan D	0	10	10
Purdue A	Chicago A	0	10	10
Louisville A	Purdue B	0	10	10
Carleton	Minnesota A	10	10	20
Iowa State	St. Thomas	10	10	20
Macalester B	Macalester A	10	0	10
Minnesota B	Minnesota C	0	10	10
Nebraska	Wisconsin	0	10	10
BU	Brown C	0	0	0
Bowdoin A	BC B	0	0	0
Amherst B	Bowdoin B	0	10	10
MIT B	Brandeis Clemenceau	0	10	10
Brandeis Lloyd George	Tufts A	10	10	20
Brandeis Wilson	BC A	0	10	10
Brown A	Amherst A	0	10	10
Brown B	Tufts B	0	10	10
Williams	Cornell-UG	10	10	20
MIT A	Harvard	10	10	20
Yale A	Dartmouth	0	10	10
Yale B	Brandeis Orlando	0	10	10
British Columbia C	Alberta	0	10	10
British Columbia A	British Columbia B	0	0	0
British Columbia D	Simon Fraser	10	10	20
Washington B	Washington A	0	10	10
Iowa	Northwestern C	0	0	0
McGill D	Alberta B	0	10	10
Arizona State A	Northwestern A	10	10	20
Texas A	Northwestern B	0	10	10
Ohio	UTD B	0	0	0
Tulsa	Rose State	0	10	10
UCO	Texas B	0	10	10
UTD A	Arizona State B	10	10	20
Auburn B	Mississippi State A	0	10	10
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Bruin A	0	0	0
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10
Huntsville B	Alabama B	0	10	10
Alabama A	Sewanee A	0	10	10
Huntsville A	UAB A	0	10	10
RIT B	Cornell-DII	0	10	10
Vanderbilt B	Auburn A	0	10	10