Throne of God - 2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis

Question

A vision of this object claims that its occupant was made of red quartz or gray quartz. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this object, smaller examples of which are occupied by 24 figures with gold crowns. This object is described in Surah al-Baqarah’s Ayat al-Kursi.

ANSWER: Throne of God

[10e] The description of the throne of God made of quartz is found in this last book of the New Testament, which also describes the Seven Seals.

ANSWER: Book of Revelation [or Book of the Apocalypse; accept Revelation of John the Evangelist]

[10h] After viewing the Throne of God, Jesus views the sixth of seven angels pouring out their bowl in this body of water. In Revelation, this body of water will dry up and allow “kings from the east” to march unperturbed.

ANSWER: Euphrates River

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	5	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	7	15.71	100%	57%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	9	12.22	100%	22%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	6	18.33	100%	50%	33%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	7	11.43	86%	29%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida	2024-11-16	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%

Data


Yale A	Brown A	10	10	20
Northeastern A	Brandeises Brew	0	10	10
Harvard A	Tufts A	0	10	10
Williams A	Diamond Brandeis	0	10	10
MIT A	Yale C	0	10	10