Question

This character is told that those who wait 1,335 days will be blessed after being asked to seal a scroll until the “times of the end.” A horn with human eyes appears before this character in a vision in which four winds churn up four beasts from the sea. This character learns that there will be seven and sixty-two “sevens” (-5[1])before a foreign king establishes the “abomination of desolation.” This character, who only consumes vegetables and water for 10 days, becomes governor after explaining that four successive kingdoms are represented by a head of gold, chest of silver, (-5[1])belly of bronze, and feet (-5[1])of iron and clay on a statue. Three companions of this man who emerge unharmed from a furnace are named Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. For 10 points, what biblical man interprets the writing on the wall at Belshazzar’s feast? (10[1])■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Daniel [or Belteshazzar; reject “Belshazzar”]
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