Question

Scholars debate whether one of these people kills someone, or is killed, in the Dead Sea Scrolls text 4Q285, which is nicknamed for a “Pierced” one. In a parable, Joshua ben Levi meets one of these people “at the gates of Rome.” The Sefer Zerubbabel (“seffer zuh-ROO-buh-bell”) describes one of these people being killed by the bug-eyed king Armilus, who is then killed by another of them. Rabbinical texts identify two to three of the “Four Craftsmen” in Zechariah with these people and distinguish an unfortunate “ben Joseph” one from the son (10[1])of the warrior Hephzibah (“HEP-zih-buh”). The only non-Jew to be called one of these people (-5[1])was Cyrus (10[1])the Great. (10[5]-5[1])One of these people from the line of David (10[1])defeats Gog (-5[1])and Magog in Ezekiel. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, name these “anointed ones,” (-5[2])the (10[2])last of whom will build (-5[2])the Third Temple (10[1])and serve as a Jewish savior. (10[2])■END■ (10[8]0[1])

ANSWER: Jewish Messiahs [or moshiakh or mashiakh or meshikhim; accept sprout of Jesse or Son of Man; accept Son of David until “David” is read; accept anointed ones until read; accept Messiah ben Joseph; prompt on kings or rulers or equivalents; prompt on saviors until read]
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Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichiganIowa State8910
Ben DahlPurdueWUSTL A103-5
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia TechNorthwestern10510
Cory SmithKentuckyChicago D10710
Joey SunToronto BFlorida10710
Danila KabotyanskiIndianaMinnesota A10710
Michael DuWaterlooNorth Carolina A10710
James McCurleyHarvardTruman State10710
Ishan JoshiOttawaVirginia107-5
Jacky XuCornell AChicago B11610
Michal GerasimiukStanfordTexas118-5
Jaik HavlickArizona StatePenn122-5
Albert ZhangColumbia BDuke12210
Ben SterlingYale BRutgers12210
Sam BakerMcGillCornell B129-5
Urbas EkkaMinnesota BNorth Carolina B129-5
Matthew SiffYale AIllinois13010
Matt JacksonChicago AColumbia A13010
Sky LiToronto ABrown135-5
Akshay SeetharamClaremont CollegesWUSTL B135-5
Isaac MammelMarylandJohns Hopkins13810
Amith PunyalaWUSTL BClaremont Colleges14410
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ANYU14410
Jason HongBrownToronto A14510
Karthik PrasadCornell BMcGill14510
Nermeen RahmanChicago CBerkeley B14510
Charles HangWUSTL APurdue14510
Chinmay MurthyTexasStanford14510
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltSouth Carolina14510
Eric GunterNorth Carolina BMinnesota B14510
Luke SchaarschuchVirginiaOttawa1450
Andrew HannaPennArizona State14510