Tower of Babel - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

The tale of Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta is often compared with the story of this structure, which may have been inspired by Etemenanki. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this structure. The effect of the arrival of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2 is often described as a reversal of the confusion during the creation of this structure.

ANSWER: Tower of Babel [or Migdal Bavel; prompt on tower or Migdal alone]

[10h] This king of Shinar is typically cited as ordering the construction of the Tower of Babel. It's not Ashur, but Abraham once used gnats to destroy the entire army of this hunter who legendarily founded the cities of Nineveh and Uruk.

ANSWER: Nimrod

[10e] The story of the Tower of Babel is found in this first book of the Old Testament.

ANSWER: Book of Genesis [or Bereshit ("buh-ray-SHEET"); or Liber Genesis]

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Data

Team	Opponent	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Total
Adlai E. Stevenson A	Strake Jesuit B	0	0	10	10
Belmont	Fremd	10	10	10	30
Carl Sandburg	Centennial B	0	0	10	10
Carmel A	Walker	10	10	10	30
Centennial A	Downingtown STEM	10	0	10	20
Chattahoochee A	West Point	10	0	10	20
Detroit Catholic Central B	Chattahoochee B	10	10	10	30
Detroit Catholic Central C	Thomas Jefferson D	10	10	10	30
Georgetown Day	Barrington	0	0	10	10
Great Valley	Classen SAS	0	0	10	10
Grosse Pointe South	Park Tudor	10	10	10	30
Hunter A	Audrain County AT	10	10	10	30
Hunter B	Fairfield County AT	10	10	10	30
Innovation Academy A	Alabama Cyber Tech	0	0	10	10
Johns Creek	Hinsdale Central A	10	10	10	30
Lambert A	Detroit Catholic Central A	10	0	10	20
Lambert B	Northside College Prep	0	0	10	10
Lexington	Montgomery Blair A	10	10	10	30
Lincoln-Way East A	Solon	0	10	10	20
Lincoln-Way East B	Virginia	10	0	10	20
Lindbergh	Eastchester	10	10	10	30
North Quincy	Coronado	10	0	10	20
Northmont	Walter Payton A	10	10	10	30
Page	Homewood-Flossmoor	10	0	10	20
Parkway West	Edina	10	10	10	30
Quince Orchard	Carmel B	10	10	10	30
Richard Montgomery	Westwood	0	0	10	10
Russell	Okemos	10	0	10	20
Saint Joseph	Kane County AT	10	0	10	20
Saratoga	Seven Lakes	10	0	10	20
Strake Jesuit A	Northview	10	10	10	30
Thomas Jefferson A	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	10	0	10	20
Thomas Jefferson B	Milton	0	0	10	10
Thomas Jefferson E	Thomas Jefferson C	10	0	10	20
Uni School of Nashville A	Montgomery Blair B	10	0	10	20
Uni School of Nashville B	Innovation Academy B	10	10	10	30
Walter Payton B	Lee's Summit	10	0	10	20
Wayzata	Adlai E. Stevenson B	10	0	10	20
White Pigeon	Herron	0	0	10	10
Winston Churchill A	Glenbrook South	10	10	10	30
Yukon A	Irvington	10	10	10	30
Yukon B	Winston Churchill B	0	0	10	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	Heard	PPB	Easy %	Medium %	Hard %
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	21.67	100%	74%	43%