Packet 5: Bonus 19
This surah commands to say “if Allah wills,” or inshallah before speaking of future events. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this surah in which a rich man’s garden is destroyed after he denies the Day of Judgment. In this surah, a prophet breaks his promise not to question why a servant of Allah breaks a ship, kills a child, and fixes a wall for free.
ANSWER: Surah Al-Kahf [or The Cave Surah; accept Surah 18]
[10e] This prophet questions the man usually identified as al-Khidr in the cave surah. This prophet told Muhammad to ask Allah to reduce the daily prayers from fifty to five during the Night Journey, and also parted the Red Sea.
ANSWER: Musa [or Moses or Moshe]
[10m] Muhammad proved he was a prophet to some rabbis by reciting how this figure reached the ends of the earth in the cave surah. This figure built a wall to keep out Yajuj and Majuj, which Allah will tear down on the last day.
ANSWER: Dhu al-Qarnayn [or Dhū l-Qarnayn (“THOOL-car-NINE”); accept any answer that includes the words two AND horns; prompt on Alexander the Great or Alexander II or Iskandar or Sa’b Dhu Marathid or Cyrus the Great or Cyrus II; prompt on Dhu; prompt on Qarnayn]
<MS, Beliefs> | NAFTA-Packet-5
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 12.58 | 100% | 19% | 7% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W&L+Friend | The Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade Deals | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| WashU | Maybe Ever | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| [Redacted] | Lex | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| four high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian B | St. Marx | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✕ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✕ | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 0% | 50% |