Jesse - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

The Book of Isaiah’s utterance of how a “shoot will come out of” this man’s stump inspired Christian imagery of his namesake “Tree,” which traces the 43 generations between him and Jesus. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this grandson of Ruth and Boaz, a resident of Bethlehem who died without sin. This man presents seven of his sons to Samuel before informing the prophet that his youngest son is tending to the sheep.

ANSWER: Jesse [or Yishai; accept the Tree of Jesse]

[10e] Jesse is the father of this future king of Israel who slays Goliath with a slingstone.

ANSWER: David

[10m] The tomb of Jesse and his mother Ruth are located within this city, which acted as the first capital of Israel after David was anointed there. This city, the largest in the West Bank, contains the Cave of the Patriarchs.

ANSWER: Hebron [accept Al-Khalil; or Chevron]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	20.00	100%	33%	67%
Canada	Main Site	Y	10	14.00	100%	30%	10%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	20.00	100%	60%	40%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	17.78	100%	22%	56%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	13.75	100%	0%	38%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	5	16.00	100%	20%	40%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	15.00	100%	0%	50%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	17.14	100%	14%	57%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	15.00	100%	17%	33%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	18.75	100%	13%	75%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%

Data


Stanford A	Berkeley B	10	10	0	20
Berkeley A	Berkeley C	0	10	10	20
Stanford B	Berkeley D	10	10	0	20
McMaster A	McGill B	0	10	0	10
McGill A	McMaster B	0	10	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Simon Fraser	10	10	0	20
Toronto B	Toronto G	0	10	10	20
Toronto C	Waterloo A	0	10	0	10
Carleton University	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
Toronto F	Western C	0	10	0	10
Guelph	UBC A	0	10	10	20
UBC B	Toronto D	0	10	0	10
Waterloo B	Western A	0	10	0	10
Central Florida C	Central Florida A	10	10	0	20
Florida B	Central Florida B	0	10	10	20
Florida A	Florida C	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Michigan State	10	10	10	30
CWRU A	Michigan B	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A	CWRU B	10	10	10	30
Pittsburgh	Ohio State B	0	10	0	10
Michigan C	Ohio State C	0	10	0	10
Duke	North Carolina C	0	10	0	10
VCU	North Carolina A	10	10	0	20
North Carolina B	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
James Madison A	Wake Forest	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	William and Mary	10	10	0	20
NC State A	South Carolina B	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech A	James Madison B	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech B	NC State B	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Virginia	0	10	10	20
Illinois B	Chicago B	10	10	0	20
Chicago C	Indiana A	0	10	0	10
Chicago A	Notre Dame A	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame B	Illinois C	10	10	0	20
Indiana C	Chicago D	0	10	0	10
Chicago E	Northwestern B	0	10	0	10
Indiana B	Northwestern C	10	10	0	20
Northwestern D	Purdue A	0	10	0	10
Brown	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Brandeis A	Bowdoin B	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth B	Brandeis B	0	10	0	10
Carleton College	Claremont	0	10	0	10
Missouri B	Minnesota A	10	10	0	20
Washington A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Missouri A	Washington B	10	10	0	20
Murray State A	Texas A&M A	0	10	0	10
Texas B	Texas A	0	10	10	20
MIT	Dartmouth A	10	10	0	20
Alabama A	Georgia Tech D	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech B	Bruin	0	10	0	10
WashU A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Mississipi State	WashU B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	Kentucky	10	10	0	20
Alabama B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Yale	Harvard A	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	Birmingham	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Manchester	10	10	10	30
Warwick A	Cardiff	0	10	0	10
Southampton B	Montpellier	10	10	0	20
Southampton A	Oxford C	0	10	0	10
Warwick B	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Georgetown	Catholic	10	10	10	30
NYU A	Columbia A	0	10	0	10
Swarthmore	Columbia B	10	10	0	20
Columbia C	Rutgers A	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins A	John Jay	10	10	0	20
Maryland A	Maryland B	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Johns Hopkins B	10	10	0	20
Maryland C	Vassar	10	10	0	20
Penn State	Cornell A	10	10	0	20
Cornell B	Binghamton A	0	10	0	10
Cornell C	RIT	0	10	0	10
Rochester	Binghamton B	0	10	10	20