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This artist produced a “Green Box” of notes for an artwork in which male figures are connected to a chocolate grinder and water wheel. Visitors look through a peephole to see a headless nude raising a lamp in a piece this person created 25 years after quitting art for chess. This artist left broken glass in a window-like (10[1])piece split between nine suitors and a bride. A 1912 painting by this artist was dubbed an “explosion in a shingle factory” for depicting a nude from several (10[1])perspectives as she descends a staircase. (10[1])A snow shovel is one of many found objects modified by this artist, including one signed “R. Mutt.” (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this Dada artist whose readymade Fountain is a repurposed toilet. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: Marcel Duchamp
<Editors, Painting and Sculpture>
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Daniel HobbaCambridge BImperial C5710
Juliette FlatauImperial ACambridge D8510
Oliver MortenCardiffBristol9110
Kamil BoehmCambridge ASouthampton10910
Atom LucenetImperial DImperial B11210
Dan MillingtonBirminghamCambridge C12310
Adam DoyleCambridge EOxford1240
Nayaaz HashimOxfordCambridge E1240
Abhinav DineshLSEWarwick12410

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK580%0%106.00
UK (South)UK888%0%100.14
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%87.50
Southern CaliforniaUS786%14%85.17
Eastern Canada (1)US5100%20%102.40
Eastern Canada (2)US8100%13%91.25
FloridaUS4100%0%100.00
Great LakesUS1191%18%72.60
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS7100%0%49.57
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS12100%0%90.75
MidwestUS9100%0%68.11
NorthUS4100%0%85.50
NortheastUS1283%33%94.00
PacificUS888%13%66.86
SoutheastUS13100%23%82.46
Upstate NYUS580%20%118.75