Question

This figure experienced a 42 year imprisonment by Vespasian as only three days from Friday to Sunday. An angel in the form of a white knight rescued Evalach after he prayed upon a shield given to him by this figure’s son, (15[1])who later used his bloody nose to draw a cross upon it. That shield was eventually claimed from the tomb of (15[1])Nasciens by a knight who became king of Sarras, which this figure and his son first evangelized. Along with Merlin and Percival, (15[1])a namesake romance about the life of this (-5[1])figure formed a trilogy by Robert de Boron. (15[1]-5[1])After meeting this figure, (*) Galahad chose to die and ascend to Heaven. This figure’s (10[1])travels (10[1]-5[1])with Jesus may have inspired (10[1])William Blake’s (10[1])“Jerusalem.” This tin merchant’s staff blossomed into the Holy (10[1])Thorn of Glastonbury Abbey. (10[1])For 10 points, the Holy Grail was brought (10[1])to Britain by what saint, (10[2])a member of the Sanhedrin who provided a tomb for Jesus? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Joseph of Arimathea [accept Josephus of Arimathea before “this figure’s son” and accept Josephe or Josephes in place of “Josephus”; prompt on Joseph] (Robert de Boron’s Joseph d’Arimathie was significant for its Christianization of the Grail’s origin, tracing it to a cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper.)
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Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror05/31/25Y5100%40%20%119.20
2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror07/13/25Y3100%0%33%131.00
2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror08/10/25Y6100%33%17%103.33