Bonus
Catherine McCoid and LeRoy McDermott argued that the curvy proportions of figures with this name were from pregnant sculptors looking down at their bodies. For 10 points each:
[10e] Paleolithic figures found at Willendorf and Hohle Fels are named for what goddess, who is depicted in an armless Greek statue “de Milo?”
ANSWER: Venus [accept Venus of Willendorf; accept Venus de Milo; accept Aphrodite or Aphrodite of Melos]
[10m] Two answers required. Sarah Murray has argued that female artisans made much of the geometric designs of Archaic Greek pottery, which was eclipsed by figure-heavy vase paintings named for these two colors.
ANSWER: red AND black [accept red-figure pottery and black-figure pottery]
[10h] Around 100 BCE, the female portraitist Iaia of Cyzicus (“ee-EYE-ah of SIZ-ick-us”) devised quick ways to produce tempera and this other medium. The Fayum portraits were made with this medium in which oils are mixed with heated wax.
ANSWER: encaustic
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 103 | 15.15 | 98% | 47% | 7% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 8.75 | 75% | 13% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 100% | 14% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 12.22 | 100% | 22% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 11 | 15.45 | 100% | 46% | 9% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 56% | 11% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 63% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 17.50 | 100% | 58% | 17% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |