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Round 6: Tossup 11

This man cut up and scattered four birds to see God resurrect them. A lost holy text called the “Scrolls of [this man]” is mentioned twice in the Quran. One story of this man in the Quran tells of how he converted a people to Islam by coming out of a fire they threw him into without so much as a trace of smoke (-5[1])on his clothes. The practice of qurbani honours this prophet’s loyalty to Allah on Eid al-Adha. Mohammad is said to be descended from this man through his elder (-5[1])son, (-5[1])Ismail. For 10 points, the Kaaba was rebuilt by what messenger of Allah who names the general term for the grouping of Islam, (10[1])Christianity, and Judaism? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Ibrahim [or Ebrahým; or Abraham; or Avraham; or Abram; or Avram; accept Abrahamic]
<McGill E, Religion> | Packet F
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Janghyun LeeBerkeley Little PrinceBerkeley Mighty Miner63-5
Vijay HansBerkeley Boss BanditBerkeley Skeleton King91-5
Annoshae MirzaBerkeley Archer QueenStanford B92-5
Surya DonathStanford AUCSC11510
Suren GrigorianBerkeley Mighty MinerBerkeley Little Prince11810
Thomas WuBerkeley Skeleton KingBerkeley Boss Bandit11910
Danny HanStanford BBerkeley Archer Queen11910

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%75%117.75
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%0%97.29
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%25%103.00
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%0%87.89
FloridaUS4100%25%108.00
Great LakesUS10100%20%86.20
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%22%92.78
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%33%89.56
MidwestUS9100%33%104.89
NorthUS4100%50%104.75
NortheastUS1283%42%101.40
PacificUS8100%38%102.88
South CentralUS6100%17%104.33
SoutheastUS12100%0%86.75
Upstate NYUS5100%20%96.80