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

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
Siheon LeeImperial CImperial D5310
Fahim AfzalCambridge ACambridge B63-5
James StadlerImperial BImperial A6310
Nicholas HallCambridge ELSE75-5
Oliver MortenCardiffSouthampton7510
Nayaaz HashimOxfordBristol9010
Shlok DevLSECambridge E9810
Honor MountfordCambridge CWarwick9810
Michael ShipmanCambridge DBirmingham11010
Adil SoubkiCambridge BCambridge 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