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A surah named for this event is the only one to mention the “people (-5[1])of Iram (“IH-rum”)” who had “lofty pillars.” A later surah named for this event (-5[1])condemns a soothsayer’s cursing technique of tying and spitting into a knot; (10[1])that surah is often grouped with an-Nas as the final two surahs of the Qur’an. (10[2])A now-outdated Islamic practice involved a drummer known as a mesaharati walking the streets directly prior to this event. (10[2])A verse from al-Baqarah analogizes this time to a “white thread” (10[1])that is distinguished (-5[4])from a “black (10[3]-5[1])thread.” (10[5]-5[5])The second adhan (10[1])for a prayer (-5[2])recited at this time (-5[1])often includes the phrase “prayer is better (10[1])than sleep.” (10[1]-5[1])The suḥūr (-5[1])meal (-5[1])is eaten directly (-5[1])before (-5[1])this time, (10[2]-5[4])during (-5[1])which the (10[1])fajr (10[2])(“FUH-jur”) prayer is recited. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this time (10[1])of day at which fasting (-5[1])begins (10[2]-5[1])during Ramadan. (10[3])■END■ (10[22]0[5])

ANSWER: dawn [or daybreak; or break of day; accept sunrise; accept fajr until read; accept al-Falaq; prompt on suḥūr until read by asking “what time follows that?”; prompt on morning or day; prompt on first adhan by asking “that occurs at what time?”] (The first line is from al-Fajr.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Andrew Wang	Illinois A	Chicago A	13	-5
Elijah Scheinson	Columbia C	Yale A	26	-5
Michał Gerasimiuk	Stanford B	Georgetown B	38	10
Elie Aoun	Case Western A	Carnegie Mellon A	53	10
Omer Keskin	Oxford A	Bristol	53	10
Braden Booth	Missouri	Chicago B	72	10
Zayyan Mahmood	Southampton A	Cambridge B	72	10
Albert Nyang	LSE	Sheffield	83	10
Clete Reinberger	Valencia A	Florida A	86	-5
Ivan Stanisavljevic	Duke	Liberty B	86	-5
Jerry Zhang	Harvard B	Brandeis A	86	-5
Andy Yu	Maryland A	Maryland B	86	-5
Chris Yoo	William & Mary	Wake Forest	89	10
Joy An	Harvard A	UMass Boston	89	10
Rachel Ezrielev	Georgetown A	Notre Dame A	89	-5
Jack Lewis	Bruin A	Louisville A	89	10
Thomas Glotfelty	Virginia Tech A	UNC B	90	-5
Nathan Sheffield	MIT A	Dartmouth A	90	-5
Sharath Narayan	Northwestern A	Notre Dame B	90	-5
Roan Dowling	Iowa	Purdue	90	10
Yaj Jhajhria	UW B	UBC	90	-5
Oscar O'Flanagan	Imperial A	Oxford B	90	10
William Groger	Columbia B	Penn B	90	-5
Zachary Leblang	Penn B	Columbia B	90	10
Sinecio Morales	Johns Hopkins A	George Washington A	90	10
Kevin Peng	Cornell C	Cornell D	90	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia A	UNC C	93	10
Brendan Bethlehem	Cambridge A	Manchester	96	-5
Adsayan Ganesh	Warwick A	Cambridge E	96	-5
Harris Beckner	Alabama A	Vanderbilt A	100	-5
Conor Thompson	Iowa State	Minnesota B	107	10
Aryan Desarapu	Michigan A	Michigan C	109	-5
Vikshar Athreya	Rutgers A	Haverford A	109	10
Louis Harney	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech C	111	-5
Qingyu Zhang	Florida B	UCF C	112	-5
Ethan Siskel	Tufts A	BU	115	-5
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge D	Warwick B	116	-5
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	UCF B	118	-5
Anton Akroush	Michigan State	Ohio State A	118	10
Joshua Garner	Ohio State B	Case Western B	118	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta	UW A	118	-5
Arvin Boraghi	Cambridge C	Southampton B	118	-5
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt	NYU C	Durham	118	-5
Elizabeth Wallace	Kenyon	Carnegie Mellon B	119	-5
Allen Xu	Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech A	121	10
Henry Bon	Winona State	Wisconsin A	122	10
Ryan Rosenberg	NYU A	Haverford B	122	10
Ved Muthusamy	Northwestern B	Notre Dame C	125	-5
Taaj Rai	George Washington B	John Jay College	125	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT A	RIT B	128	10
Carter Pisocky	Michigan C	Michigan A	131	10
Aaron Marchand	Carleton	Wisconsin B	136	-5
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin B	Carleton	137	10
Alex Jiang	Brown A	Brandeis B	137	10
Nathan Zhang	Cornell B	NYU B	137	-5
Eren Michelet	BU	Tufts A	139	10
Kevin Wang	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech B	139	10
Giuseppe Piccirilli	Binghamton A	ESF A	139	10
Henry Keating	UCF C	Florida B	140	10
Anna Barker	UCF B	Florida State A	140	10
Tiffany Zhou	Florida A	Valencia A	140	10
Jayden Ku	Carnegie Mellon B	Kenyon	140	10
Mitchell Indek	Michigan B	Michigan D	140	10
Samuel Miller	Liberty B	Duke	140	10
Benny Shtutman	South Carolina	Liberty C	140	10
Rasheeq Azad	UNC B	Virginia Tech A	140	0
Jeffrey Austin	UNC D	Liberty A	140	10
John Marvin	Chicago A	Illinois A	140	10
Christopher Dech	Brandeis A	Harvard B	140	10
William Parocai	Dartmouth A	MIT A	140	10
Stephen Heritage	Notre Dame A	Georgetown A	140	0
Jonah Hubert	Notre Dame B	Northwestern A	140	10
Will Sanders	Notre Dame C	Northwestern B	140	10
Truman Fillbrandt	UW A	Alberta	140	10
Matthew Wang	UBC	UW B	140	10
Brina Ratangee	Vanderbilt A	Alabama A	140	10
Kai Madgwick	Manchester	Cambridge A	140	10
Michael Wu	Southampton B	Cambridge C	140	0
Lucy Dennett	Warwick B	Cambridge D	140	10
Jon White	Cambridge E	Warwick A	140	10
Hamish Campbell	Durham	NYU C	140	0
Benjamin Watson	Oxford C	Imperial B	140	10
Zaid Asif	NYU B	Cornell B	140	10
Gus Vanskike	Maryland B	Maryland A	140	0
Jem Burch	Yale A	Columbia C	140	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Florida	2025-02-01	3	100%	100%	140.00
Great Lakes	2025-02-01	6	100%	33%	116.67
Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	6	83%	33%	120.40
Midwest	2025-02-01	2	100%	50%	106.00
North	2025-02-01	3	100%	33%	122.00
Northeast	2025-02-01	5	100%	60%	129.00
Overflow	2025-02-01	5	80%	60%	102.00
Pacific Northwest	2025-02-01	2	100%	100%	140.00
Southeast	2025-02-01	4	100%	50%	122.25
UK	2025-02-01	10	80%	50%	107.25
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	8	88%	50%	116.57
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	3	100%	0%	119.00