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An artist from this country included 13 paintings of rhesus macaques in The Upper Room and used elephant dung in a controversial depiction of a bare-breasted Mary. The Chinese performance duo Mad for Real jumped on an artwork from this country (10[1])consisting of a disheveled bed. One artist from this country covered a cast of a skull in diamonds in For the Love of God. Sculptors decorate a “fourth plinth” in this country near a column named for a naval admiral. A member of a group of “Young Artists” from this country has encased animals like cows and sharks in (10[1])formaldehyde. For 10 points, Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst are from what country where art is displayed at the Tate Modern (10[1])and the King’s Gallery (10[1])at Buckingham? ■END■

ANSWER: United Kingdom [or UK; or Great Britain; or GB; or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; accept Young British Artists; accept England; reject “Scotland” or “Wales” or “Northern Ireland”] (The artist clued in the first line is Chris Ofili. The column is Nelson’s Column.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Devito StevanusMcGill BCarleton A4010
Anjali RaoOttawa BMcGill C9910
Stefan MihaiCarleton BOttawa A12010
Neela Perceval-MaxwellMcGill EMcGill A12410

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Eastern Canada (1)US4100%0%95.75
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%33%96.33
FloridaUS4100%25%117.75
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Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%11%73.44
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