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Each verse of a traditional Passover song asks “who knows” (-5[1])one of these things. (10[1]-5[2])In early tarot (10[1])(“TAIR-oh”) decks, such (10[1])as the Tarot of Marseilles, The Fool is the only card lacking one of these (10[1])objects. (10[4]-5[1])Through gematria (10[2]-5[1])(“geh-MAH-tree-uh”), one of these things associated with the Beast of Revelation (10[6])got (10[1])identified (10[6])with (10[2])Nero’s (10[1])name. (10[7])In a book (10[1])whose (10[1])English (10[2])title (10[3])is named (-5[1])after (10[1])these things, (10[6]-5[1])God told (10[2])one prophet (10[5])to set (10[1])a fiery (10[1])serpent (10[2])on a pole. (10[1])That book (10[1])whose English (10[1])title (-5[1])is named after these things (10[3])features twelve (10[1])spies (-5[1])sent into (10[1])Canaan and begins (10[1])at Mount (10[1])Sinai. (10[1])That Biblical book’s (-5[1])English title (10[2])is named after these things (10[1])due to censuses (10[2]-5[1])taken (10[1]-5[1])of the (10[1])Israelites (10[4])by Moses. (10[6])For (10[1])10 points, the (-5[1])English title of the fourth book (10[2]-5[1])of the Hebrew (10[1])Bible (10[3])is named (10[1])after (10[1])what things, (10[2])which include 666? (10[3])■END■ (10[13]0[2])

ANSWER: numbers [or numeri; or arithmoi; or Book of Numbers; or Liber Numeri; prompt on Bemidbar by asking “what is its English title?”] (While The Fool was unnumbered in early tarot decks, it is usually assigned the number 0 in modern decks.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Meredie Cohen	William & Mary A	Virginia A	9	-5
Nate Brown	CWRU C	Ohio State C	13	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	13	-5
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	13	-5
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	VCU A	16	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	18	10
Eli Zimmerman	Tufts C	Amherst B	33	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	34	10
Chris Chang	USC A	UCLA A	34	-5
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCLA E	34	10
Kathryn Knispel	Edinburgh D	York	34	10
Sam Barrekette	RIT A	Cornell C	34	10
Lauryn Hendrix	Louisville C	Ohio State D	36	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Georgia Tech C	36	-5
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Bristol	36	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	Claremont B	46	10
Michael Zheng	UCLA F	UC Irvine	46	10
John Gamble	NCSU A	UNC A	46	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Brown B	46	10
Suyog Vibhuti	Washington Steelhead	Alberta A	46	10
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Auburn B	46	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	47	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	48	10
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	CWRU D	48	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Michigan B	48	10
Marcus Hatfield	WVU B	Michigan State D	48	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Tufts B	48	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Alabama A	48	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	William Woods University A	49	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Macalester	49	10
Ba Loc Dinh	Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	50	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida B	51	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	Duke A	51	10
Daniel Kim	Maryland A	George Mason A	51	10
Ethan Ma	Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	51	10
Matthew Westley	Purdue A	Purdue C	51	10
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Brown A	51	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	ESF	51	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Michigan C	54	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA D	55	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	Carleton A	56	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Cambridge B	56	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	57	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	McMaster B	57	10
Jonah McGinley	Rochester	Binghamton B	57	10
Olivia Ding	Texas	British Columbia A	59	-5
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	CWRU A	60	10
William Cowperthwait	NCSU B	Liberty C	62	-5
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	62	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Iowa A	62	10
Zach Majorowicz	St. Thomas	Wisconsin A	62	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington State	62	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Masu	62	10
Hayley Morris	RIT B	Cornell D	62	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto B	64	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech A	64	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Boston College A	66	10
Daniel Huang	Georgia Tech D	Montevallo	66	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Tennessee B	66	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham A	66	10
David Latimer	Imperial A	Warwick	66	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	UNC C	68	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	70	10
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	Ottawa B	71	10
Indigo Chen	Waterloo C	Waterloo B	71	10
Bolun Thompson	UCLA C	UCSD B	74	10
Rory Moloney	Cambridge E	Imperial D	76	10
Theodor Martin	WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	78	10
Yuval Klein	Williams C	Harvard	79	-5
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Brock A	84	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Maryland C	84	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	84	10
Jack Yesner	Brandeis Beethoven	MIT B	86	10
Juan Morales Oropeza	Ottawa C	McGill E	87	-5
Benjamin Silversten	William & Mary C	William & Mary B	89	10
Justine Hopkins	Liberty C	NCSU B	92	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Louisville D	94	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Purdue D	95	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Dartmouth A	98	-5
Avery Becker	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	100	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Louisville A	100	10
Wesley Yu	British Columbia A	Texas	105	10
Simon Burstein	Virginia A	William & Mary A	108	10
Joel Kim	Clemson B	Clemson C	108	-5
Louis Harney	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	108	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Guelph A	109	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	109	-5
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	Cornell B	111	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	South Florida A	112	10
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	UCF A	112	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	Michigan State C	112	10
Kamil Boehm	Cambridge A	Oxford	112	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Pittsburgh	114	10
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	JMU B	114	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Illinois Canada	114	10
Sophia Madrazo	Purdue B	Iowa B	114	10
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Washington Atlantic	114	10
Andrew Heller	Georgia Tech E	Emory A	114	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	115	10
Jeremy Kim	Toronto F	Queen's A	118	-5
Will Marcotte	Toronto D	Waterloo A	124	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	124	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Edinburgh B	124	-5
James Carrick-Lawson	Southampton	Birmingham	127	10
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	128	10
Virginia Brooks	Minnesota	Wisconsin C	128	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Durham C	128	10
Nameer Qadir	Toronto C	Toronto A	130	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Clemson A	131	10
Bryce Myers	Stanford A	Berkeley Little Prince	133	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Vermont B	133	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto I	136	10
Matthew Bray	Auburn C	Mississippi State A	136	10
Alex Coleridge	Durham B	Sheffield A	136	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	USC A	137	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	McGill A	137	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Ottawa C	137	10
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto F	137	10
Joshua Garner	Ohio State A	Michigan State B	137	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	Williams C	137	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Brandeis Mozart	137	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Coho	137	0
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Arizona State B	137	0
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	British Columbia C	137	10
Justin Fountain	Clemson C	Clemson B	137	10
Jonas Cross	Tennessee Tech	Georgia A	137	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Durham D	137	10
Saleena Livera	Imperial B	Cambridge C	137	10
Will Barton	Imperial C	LSE	137	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	100.20
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	0%	93.38
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	84.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	60.86
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	20%	89.80
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	101.33
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	86.25
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	0%	72.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	71.78
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	0%	67.50
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	73.78
North	US	4	100%	25%	91.75
Northeast	US	10	100%	30%	75.50
Pacific	US	8	88%	13%	91.57
Southeast	US	13	100%	23%	97.00
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	63.00