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Round 3: Tossup 6

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 consisting of a disheveled bed. (10[1])One artist from this country (10[1])covered a cast of a skull (10[1])in diamonds in For the Love of God. Sculptors decorate a “fourth plinth” in this country near a column named for a naval admiral. (10[2])A member of a group of “Young Artists” from this country has encased animals like cows and sharks in formaldehyde. (10[1])For 10 points, Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst are from what country where art is displayed at the Tate Modern and the King’s Gallery 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.)
<Editors, Painting and Sculpture> | Packet C
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Natalie GehringMurray State College ANebraska C4510
Nolan TraversTulsa AOklahoma5010
William WaltersMurray State College BCentral Oklahoma B5610
Cole HammansNebraska AKansas State A8010
Sage SnowCentral Oklahoma ARose State8010
Robert SzotNebraska BKansas State B10010

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Northern CaliforniaMain✓4100%25%101.75
Eastern Canada (1)Main✓4100%0%95.75
Eastern Canada (2)Main✓9100%33%96.33
FloridaMain✓4100%25%117.75
Great LakesMain✓10100%10%74.30
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain✓9100%11%73.44
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain✓9100%0%64.89
MidwestMain✓9100%11%76.22
NorthMain✓4100%0%79.50
NortheastMain✓11100%9%76.45
South CentralMain✓6100%0%68.50
SoutheastMain✓12100%8%82.08
Upstate NYMain✓5100%0%104.20