Round 4: 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 described as “a kind of ocean.” A memorial in this city features an “inscription wall” of 14 quotes from the subject, a man who is depicted as emerging from a “stone of hope” designed (10[1])by Lei Yixin. (10[1])This city is also home to a sculpture by Frederick Hart depicting three soldiers standing together. That sculpture was a reaction to a nearby work that consists (10[1])of two black granite walls in the shape (10[1])of a V. For 10 points, name this city that is home to Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial. ■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


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