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This artist produced a “Green Box” of notes for an artwork in which male figures are connected to a chocolate grinder and water wheel. Visitors look through a peephole to see a headless nude raising a lamp in a piece this person created 25 years after quitting art for chess. (10[2])This artist left broken glass in a window-like piece split between nine suitors and a bride. A 1912 painting by this artist was dubbed an “explosion in a shingle factory” for depicting a nude from several perspectives (10[1])as she descends a staircase. (-5[1])A snow shovel is one of many found (10[1])objects modified by this artist, (10[1])including one signed “R. Mutt.” For 10 points, name this Dada artist whose readymade Fountain is a repurposed toilet. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: Marcel Duchamp
<Editors, Painting and Sculpture>
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Scarlet RutterClaremont AUCLA B4910
March DelfinUCSD AUCLA A4910
Diego MongeClaremont CUSC B8610
Dmitri Anh-Minh TranUC Santa BarbaraUCLA F91-5
Jackson CrickardClaremont BUSC A9910
Ethan RirieUCSD BUCLA D10410
Katherine MackUC IrvineUCLA E1240
Joseph WangUCLA EUC Irvine1240
Brian HobmannUCLA FUC Santa Barbara12410

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK580%0%106.00
UK (South)UK888%0%100.14
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%87.50
Southern CaliforniaUS786%14%85.17
Eastern Canada (1)US5100%20%102.40
Eastern Canada (2)US8100%13%91.25
FloridaUS4100%0%100.00
Great LakesUS1191%18%72.60
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS7100%0%49.57
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS12100%0%90.75
MidwestUS9100%0%68.11
NorthUS4100%0%85.50
NortheastUS1283%33%94.00
PacificUS888%13%66.86
SoutheastUS13100%23%82.46
Upstate NYUS580%20%118.75