Packet 3: Bonus 18
Description acceptable. One halachic (“ha-LAH-khick”) method for this action involves turning and reciting the words of Psalm 28:9. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify this practice that the book of Hosea forbids because B’nai Israel (“buh-NAY Israel”) “shall be as the sand of the sea.” King David brought a plague upon his people by ordering a form of this action.
ANSWER: counting Jews [or counting Jewish people; accept Israel or yehudim in place of “Jews”; accept conducting a census or mifkad; prompt on counting or equivalents by asking “counting what?”; prompt on counting people; prompt on saphar or sephorah or sfirat or lispor or limnot or manah or lifkod; prompt on, but DO NOT REVEAL, minyan]
[10e] Psalm 28:9 is read as an alternative to direct counting because it has this many words. This number of Jewish adults is required for a minyan, or quorum.
ANSWER: 10
[10m] Nachmanides (“nock-MAH-nid-eez”), a scholar born in this modern-day country, argued that the half-shekel census in the Book of Numbers was permissible because it honored each Jew as an individual. A defense of Judaism called the Kuzari was written in this modern-day country by Judah Halevi.
ANSWER: Spain [or España; or Kingdom of Spain; prompt on Catalonia or Andalusia or Navarre or Castile]
<Virginia, Religion> | C. Prelims 3 - Cambridge + UCLA + Stanford B + Virginia
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 13.08 | 62% | 62% | 8% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia A | North Carolina | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Columbia B | Indiana | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgetown | Texas | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
| Georgia Tech A | Chicago A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
| Georgia Tech B | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harvard | Swarthmore | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Johns Hopkins | Vanderbilt | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| MIT | Maryland A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NYU A | Brown | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| NYU B | Pittsburgh | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern A | Illinois B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UC Berkeley A | British Columbia | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| WashU | Ohio State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 13 | 13.08 | 62% | 62% | 8% |