Bonus
This architect designed the Millau (“mee-YO”) Viaduct, which at over 1,000 feet high is the tallest bridge in the world. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this architect of the glass dome atop Berlin’s Reichstag parliament building.
ANSWER: Norman Foster [or Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank; or The Lord Foster of Thames Bank]
[10e] Another glass-centric Foster design is this London skyscraper, whose tall thin panoramic glass dome has led to it being nicknamed for a vegetable it resembles.
ANSWER: The Gherkin [or 30 St Mary Axe]
[10m] Foster designed the Great Court in this London museum, which has a tessellated glass roof built by the engineering firm Buro Happold. Robert Smirke designed this museum’s Victorian Greek Revival main building.
ANSWER: British Museum
<Briticisers, Other Fine Arts>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 17.69 | 100% | 69% | 8% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge C | Birmingham | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge E | Oxford | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Cardiff | Bristol | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Durham B | Durham A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Durham D | Sheffield A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Edinburgh A | Durham C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Edinburgh B | York | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Imperial A | Cambridge D | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Imperial B | Imperial D | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Imperial C | Cambridge B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| LSE | Warwick | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Sheffield B | Edinburgh C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Southampton | Cambridge A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 63% | 0% |