Question
A sermon by this preacher begins with a hymn adapted from Psalm 18, which replaces God flying on a cherub with him flying on a “radiant dolphin.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this preacher. In his most famous sermon, this preacher calls himself “a pilot of the living God” and imagines a group’s reaction to a man who declares, “I am a Hebrew… I fear the Lord the God of Heaven.”
ANSWER: Father Mapple (from Moby-Dick)
[10m] Herman Melville based the Whalemen’s Chapel where Father Mapple preaches on a real-life chapel named The Seamen’s [this place]. In Genesis, Jacob names this place after seeing angels ascending and descending to heaven on a ladder.
ANSWER: Bethel [or beit el or bet el or beth el; accept the Seamen’s Bethel]
[10e] Though Mapple’s sermon is on Jonah, Moby-Dick himself is based much upon the Leviathan described in this biblical book. Captain Bildad is named after one of the three friends who fail to comfort this book’s title character.
ANSWER: Job
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Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawk Tuahology | Hawk the Herald Angels Tuah | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Quining Quem Quaeritis | Trielectic Materialists | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| The Waterloo Queens | The Book of Coming Forth by Gay | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | N | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |