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Round 3: Tossup 10

“Elegant action” figures are depicted in a set of works of this type named Gwion Gwion. Elongated “claw” motifs dominate works of this type made in Sulawesi. A set of works of this type in Argentina comprise over 2,000 black and red hands. After viewing (15[1])works (15[1])of this type, the phrase “we have invented nothing!” was apocryphally declared by (*) Pablo Picasso. (10[1])The Polychrome Ceiling, which features several depictions of bison, is part of a large group of works of this type (10[1])in Altamira. A 17-foot auroch is one of many works of this type in the Hall of the Bulls at the Lascaux complex. For 10 points, what works were created by prehistoric people painting on walls? ■END■

ANSWER: cave paintings [or cave drawings or cave art; accept parietal art; prompt on paintings by asking “what type of place are the paintings in?”; prompt on caves by asking “what is in the caves?”]
<Fine Arts - Visual, Jamie Burchett> | VAULT II Packet 03
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
William TurnerBathOxford4415
Tevin FrancisSouthamptonBirmingham A4515
Charlie NichollsCambridgeWarperial6010
Mata CooperSouthperialBirmingham B8010

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%67%17%51.17
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%67%0%55.33
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%33%0%50.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%50%0%72.00
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%80%20%53.20
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%67%0%53.67
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%50%0%57.25
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%75%25%60.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%60%20%64.40
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%50%25%66.00