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 (10[1])learns that there will be seven and sixty-two “sevens” before a foreign king establishes the “abomination (10[1])of desolation.” This character, who only consumes vegetables and water (10[1])for 10 (10[1])days, (10[1])becomes governor after explaining that four successive kingdoms are represented by a head of gold, chest of silver, belly (-5[1])of bronze, and feet of iron and clay on a statue. (10[1]-5[1])Three companions of this man who emerge unharmed from a furnace are named (-5[1])Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. For 10 points, what biblical man interprets the writing on the wall (10[1])at Belshazzar’s feast? ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: Daniel [or Belteshazzar; reject “Belshazzar”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)UNC D (DII)5010
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)Liberty C (DII)6610
Eric Gunter (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Virginia A (UG)7610
Derek Works (DII)Liberty B (DII)GWU B (Grad)7810
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)Maryland A (Grad)7910
Brian Dudley (UG)William & Mary A (UG)JMU A (UG)98-5
Mason Mabry (DII)Virginia B (UG)GWU A (UG)109-5
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)JMU B (UG)10910
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)Maryland B (UG)122-5
Noelle Ropp (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)UNC C (UG)13810
Carly Hemani (DII)JMU A (UG)William & Mary A (UG)1420
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)Virginia B (UG)14210
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland B (UG)Virginia C (UG)1420