Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia - 2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU

Question

After hearing that this man was attempting to convert him, Pope Nicholas III planned to have this man executed, though he died shortly before this man’s arrival. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this Jewish mystic who wrote extensive commentaries on Maimonides’s Guide for the Perplexed. This person claimed to be a Messiah and came up with a four-step process to purify consciousness via meditation.

ANSWER: Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia

[10m] Abulafia founded a “Prophetic” branch of this tradition. The Zohar is the foundational text of this tradition that describes emanations of the Ein Sof.

ANSWER: Kabbalah [or Qabbala; prompt on Jewish mysticism]

[10e] Abulafia arrived to convert the Pope on the eve of this holiday, which serves as the Jewish New Year and is the first of the High Holy Days.

ANSWER: Rosh Hashanah [or Yom Teruah]

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Summary


2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	17.50	75%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	8	12.50	63%	63%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	18.89	89%	100%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	7	11.43	57%	57%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%

Data


Iowa State	SIUE	10	10	20
Missouri	Illinois B	10	10	20
WashU Bulbasaur	Chicago B	0	10	10
WashU Charmander	WashU Squirtle	10	10	20
Chicago A	Truman State	10	10	20
Illinois A	Illinois C	10	10	20