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A figure speculated to be this painting’s only woman appears in a white robe near a man driving away three youths carrying a scroll. Guerino Mazzola (10[1])analyzed a drawn six pointed star in this painting on a small chalkboard. This painting is housed with the artist’s Parnassus and La Disputa in the Stanza (10[1])della (10[1])Segnatura (“sen-yah-TOO-rah”). A man in this painting lays on some stairs and reads a paper underneath a massive honeycomb-decorated hallway. One of the two central figures in this painting holds a copy of his Nicomachean Ethics (10[2])while the other, likely modeled after Leonardo (10[1])Da Vinci, points upwards (10[1])towards the sky. (10[1])For 10 points, Plato, Aristotle, and other philosophers appear in what fresco by Raphael? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: The School of Athens [or La Scuola di Atene]
<Editors, Painting and Sculpture>
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Alan FanWashington SteelheadWashington Chum2510
Anne FjeldAlberta AWashington Pink5210
Alan ZhangBritish Columbia CArizona State B5310
Vishnu SharmaTexasArizona State A8810
Isabella DePrimoWashington ChinookAlberta B8810
James HaddixWashington StateBritish Columbia B9510
Helen NevesBoise StateWashington Coho9910
Annabelle KoopmansWashington AtlanticWashington Masu10210
Deeksha EaswarWashington SockeyeBritish Columbia A11610

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK580%40%96.25
UK (South)UK875%50%98.00
Southern CaliforniaUS6100%17%72.67
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%11%74.56
Great LakesUS12100%8%62.17
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS6100%0%79.17
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS1283%17%63.20
MidwestUS9100%11%60.33
NortheastUS12100%0%69.58
PacificUS9100%0%79.78
SoutheastUS12100%8%71.08
Upstate NYUS560%0%93.67