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Suspended black staircases feature in one of these buildings designed by Zaha Hadid (10[1])which was built on the site of a military barracks. The Quadracci Pavilion was designed by Santiago Calatrava for one of these buildings in Milwaukee. (10[1])A skylight shaped (-5[1])like a metal flower tops one of these buildings designed by Frank Gehry, which has (10[1])flowers in (10[1])a 40-foot-tall puppy shape outside it. (10[1])A helical ramp surrounds an open atrium (10[1])in one of these (10[1])buildings that (-5[1])its architect called an “inverted ziggurat.” (10[2])François Mitterand commissioned I. M. Pei to design a glass-and-metal structure for one of these buildings in Paris. For 10 points, what kinds of buildings include the Guggenheim (10[1])and the Louvre? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: art museums [or art galleries; prompt on Guggenheims before mentioned with “which is what sort of building?”] (The unnamed museums are the Maxxi, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and Guggenheim Bilbao.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Asher LyonsMaryland BMaryland C1210
Jaden BandyRutgers BColumbia A3710
Jason LeeRutgers ANYU A40-5
Ben SchindelmanVassar AGeorge Mason B5510
Yiwei JiangNYU CGeorge Mason C5710
John ShellyRowanRutgers C6310
Gannon SmithMaryland AGeorge Mason A7010
Rishi SwaminathanNYU BLehigh A7410
Nicholas RyanLehigh BPrinceton76-5
Eric MorshedJohns HopkinsPenn8210
Alex WongRutgers DStony Brook8210
Ezra SiegartelVassar BColumbia B11010
Vihaan JimPrincetonLehigh B11410
Zaid AsifNYU ARutgers A11410

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%40%98.20
UK (South)UK8100%25%87.63
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%0%75.71
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%33%83.89
Great LakesUS1292%33%78.64
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS6100%17%83.17
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS12100%17%72.50
MidwestUS9100%56%88.78
NortheastUS12100%33%77.33
PacificUS9100%33%75.00
SoutheastUS12100%25%72.50
Upstate NYUS5100%40%84.80