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Black men play the banjo and drink moonshine in an acrylic interpretation of this painting by Robert Colescott. In this painting’s (10[1])background, a beam of light shines on men in blue coats trying to calm rearing horses. A Black man crouches behind a figure at the front of this painting (10[1])kicking his leg out with a pole. The view from an artist’s home in Düsseldorf along the Rhine inspired this painting’s large ice chunks. The title figure (10[1])of this 1851 painting stares towards a snowy shoreline (10[1])and raises his leg (10[1])as he stands next to an inaccurate Star and Stripes flag. (10[1])For 10 points, name this painting (10[1])by Emmanuel Leutze (10[1])(“LOYT-suh”) that depicts (10[1])America’s first president on a rowboat. ■END■

ANSWER: Washington Crossing the Delaware
<NYU B, Painting and Sculpture>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Jonathan SungVirginia ANCSU A2010
Gabriel DoddsLiberty CVirginia Tech C4910
David RoppDuke AUNC B7610
Joseph ColeUNC AVirginia Tech B8510
Erin WilliamsJMU ATusculum A8910
Samuel LiWilliam & Mary AVirginia Tech A10010
Charles MillerWilliam & Mary CJMU B10610
Fern FangVCU AUNC C10910
Max KurzmanUNC DWilliam & Mary B11110

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%80.25
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%14%99.14
Eastern Canada (1)US580%80%117.75
Eastern Canada (2)US989%33%109.25
FloridaUS475%0%96.00
Great LakesUS1191%36%90.10
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%82.78
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS10%100%
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%72.56
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS2100%0%70.00
MidwestUS989%33%94.63
NorthUS4100%50%106.25
NortheastUS1100%0%85.00
PacificUS888%38%105.43
SoutheastUS1292%50%97.27
Upstate NYUS580%40%96.25