Packet D: Tossup 17

A bright blue minimalist sculpture in this city consists of nine geometric rhomboid units and is titled She Who Must Be Obeyed. Eight yellowwood trees surround a sculpture in this city that Glenna Goodacre designed to complement a piece (10[1])described as “a kind of ocean.” (10[2]-5[1])A memorial (10[2])in this city features an (10[2])“inscription wall” of 14 (10[1])quotes from the subject, (10[1])a man who is depicted as emerging (10[1])from a “stone of hope” (10[1])designed (10[3])by (10[2])Lei (10[5])Yixin. (10[4]-5[1])This (10[1])city is also home (10[2])to a sculpture by Frederick Hart depicting (10[2])three soldiers (10[1])standing together. (10[5])That sculpture (10[1]-5[1])was (10[1])a reaction to a nearby work (10[2])that (10[1])consists (10[1])of (10[1])two (10[1])black granite (10[2])walls (10[1])in the (-5[1])shape (10[2])of a V. (10[8]) For (10[1])10 points, name this city that is home to Maya (10[1])Lin’s (10[2])Vietnam (10[2])Veterans Memorial. (10[5]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: Washington, D.C. [or Washington, D.C.; accept District of Columbia]
<EW, Painting and Sculpture> | Packet D - UBC B, Oxford A, Waterloo B, CWRU A
= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Ethan BositaStanford BStanford A3810
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BNorthwestern C44-5
Alex JiangBrownSouthern Connecticut State4410
David BassJohns Hopkins ARutgers A4410
Rohan GaneshanHarvard ABowdoin B4610
Braden BoothMissouri AClaremont4610
Nolan DannelsUCSD AUC Irvine5110
Robert WangColumbia ACatholic5110
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley A5510
Ben HellmanSwarthmoreMaryland B5910
Evan SchleckGeorgetownVassar6610
Yaj JhajhriaWashington AMinnesota A7110
Thomas JenkinsMichigan COhio State B7210
Ryan RosenbergNYU ANYU B7210
Mitch McCullarPenn StateBinghamton B7210
Justin HawkinsIndiana APurdue A7310
Asher LyonsMaryland CRutgers B7310
Erin WilliamsJames Madison ANC State B7410
Sam KungNorth Carolina BVirginia7410
Stephen WalshNorthwestern BChicago B7410
Raymond JiangIllinois CPurdue B7410
John John GrogerWashU ASewanee7410
Carson KesslerWashington BMissouri B7510
Bryce CruiseTexas ATexas A&M A75-5
Owen GilroyTexas BMurray State A7510
Jack LewisBruinTennessee B7510
Julian BushlowCornell ARochester7510
Jake MarkusDartmouth BYale7610
Tobias CortesIndiana CIndiana B8010
Drew WetterlindIowa StateCarleton College8010
Michael DurrantOhio State CMichigan State8710
Omkar MaratheColumbia BJohn Jay8710
Tiffany ZhouOhio State AMichigan B8910
Nathaniel HullBerkeley CBerkeley D9110
March DelfinUCSD BUCLA A9110
Eric ChangVirginia Tech BLiberty A9110
Max BendsenVCUNorth Carolina C9110
Kai MadgwickManchesterWarwick B9110
Alex OlsonFlorida BFlorida A93-5
Jack GranahanBrandeis BBrandeis A9310
Chris YooWilliam and MaryNC State A9410
Alvin GuoChicago AIllinois B10010
Zach TsengGeorgia Tech CLouisville B10010
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ASouth Carolina B10110
Derek LiCornell CCornell B10210
Max NealHarvard BDartmouth A10310
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech D10410
Frances HadleyEdinburgh ACardiff10610
Mattias EhatammMaryland ANYU C10610
Andrew WangIllinois AChicago C10710
Jonathan HuangMITBowdoin A109-5
Camden WalkerWashU BLouisville A11010
Cade ReinbergerRITBinghamton A11010
Andrew NucciUCLA BUC Santa Barbara11310
Tianyi ZhengUCSD CArizona State11310
June MillerFlorida AFlorida B11310
Khanh NguyenFlorida CCentral Florida A11310
Ariel FaederPittsburghMichigan A11310
Summer SolisJames Madison BDuke11310
Joseph ColeNorth Carolina ALiberty B11310
Mats MillerChicago DNotre Dame A11310
Parker McCoigTennessee AAlabama B11510
Britton WebsterAlabama AMississipi State12510
Timothy ChiuNorthwestern DChicago E12610
Michael WuSouthampton AWarwick A12610
Winston FugateWake ForestLiberty C12710
Max AverbachNorthwestern CNotre Dame B12710
AnnaMaria DonnellyCentral Florida BCentral Florida C12910
Neiman MocombeBowdoin AMIT12910
Dwight SolanoTexas A&M ATexas A12910
Andrei HuiCambridge ASouthampton B12910
Krishna GirishMontpellierImperial B1290
Nathan LongImperial BMontpellier12910

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site3100%0%61.33
California (South)Main Site4100%0%92.00
FloridaMain Site3100%33%118.33
Great LakesMain Site4100%0%90.25
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site9100%0%97.56
MidwestMain Site9100%11%97.11
NortheastMain Site6100%17%81.83
OverflowMain Site4100%0%68.00
South CentralMain Site2100%50%102.00
SoutheastMain Site7100%0%100.43
UKMain Site683%0%116.20
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site8100%0%69.75
Upstate NYMain Site4100%0%89.75