Joseph Smith Jr. - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

D. Michael Quinn compared this person's "magic world view" and description of three "degrees of glory" to (20[1])Emmanuel Swedenborg's cosmology. Masonic oaths resemble penalties (20[1])that this person outlined for a ceremony that reenacts the fall of Adam and Eve. This author of the "Word of Wisdom" denied the inheritance of original sin in the second of 13 articles of faith (20[1])he listed. (0[1])This person's translation of the Gospel of Matthew (0[1])is included in the (20[1])(*) Pearl of Great Price. (10[8])This (10[2])person (10[1])created (10[1]0[1])the endowment ceremony and the (10[1])Quorum (10[1])of the (10[1])Twelve (10[1])Apostles. (10[5])The Three Witnesses saw this person receive a holy text (10[1])on (10[1])golden (10[1])plates (10[4]0[1])from the (10[1])angel (10[2])Moroni. (10[1])For 10 points, name this founder (10[1])of the Mormon (10[1])Church. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Joseph Smith Jr.

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Daniel Sheffield	Belmont	Herron	16	20
Jack Mangrum	Innovation Academy A	Northside College Prep	23	20
Draco Qiao	Carmel A	Russell	59	20
Micah Chacon	Page	Winston Churchill A	61	0
Anirudh "Ani" Srinivasan	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Milton	69	0
Rochan Saireddy	Lambert B	Homewood-Flossmoor	73	20
Sriram Susarla	Wayzata	Carl Sandburg	77	10
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Centennial B	77	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Classen SAS	77	10
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Kane County AT	77	10
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Lee's Summit	77	10
Alvan Hossain	Lexington	Barrington	77	10
Charlie Doehring	Hinsdale Central A	North Quincy	77	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Solon	77	10
Andrew Peuster	Audrain County AT	Detroit Catholic Central B	78	10
Aidan Sneller	Edina	Lincoln-Way East B	78	10
Anvith Vanukuri	Fremd	Carmel B	79	10
Sanjay Shanmuga Perumal	Lambert A	Hunter B	80	10
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Thomas Jefferson E	80	0
Jonathan Kim	Richard Montgomery	Yukon B	85	10
Cole Kurzhal	Saint Joseph	Yukon A	86	10
Arnav Jasapara	Chattahoochee B	Northmont	88	10
Penelope Graham	Uni School of Nashville A	Adlai E. Stevenson B	89	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Thomas Jefferson C	90	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Downingtown STEM	90	10
Thomas Donelon	Lindbergh	Detroit Catholic Central C	90	10
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Walter Payton B	90	10
Aarushi Kanigicherla	Thomas Jefferson B	White Pigeon	90	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Thomas Jefferson D	100	10
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Strake Jesuit B	101	10
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Thomas Jefferson A	102	10
Sahil Prasad	Centennial A	Coronado	103	10
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Northview	103	10
Ian Droessler Wilson	Innovation Academy B	Montgomery Blair A	103	10
Jason Yao	Montgomery Blair B	Seven Lakes	103	0
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Walter Payton A	103	10
Caleb Lee	Lincoln-Way East A	Strake Jesuit A	105	10
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Great Valley	106	10
Sasha Tripathi	Parkway West	Okemos	106	10
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Virginia	107	10
Darren Kellis	Milton	Adlai E. Stevenson A	113	10
Parker Brathwaite	Thomas Jefferson E	Saratoga	116	10
Samin Asif	Seven Lakes	Montgomery Blair B	117	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Chattahoochee A	118	10
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Page	118	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	40	100%	10%	0%	88.40