Packet 11: Bonus 13
Jean Cocteau described a “return to order” that occurred after artists in this movement like Umberto Boccioni suddenly rejected it in favor of classical teachings. For 10 points each:
[10e] Identify this movement of car-loving modernist painters, such as Filippo Marinetti, who wrote its namesake “Manifesto.”
ANSWER: Futurism [or Futurismo; accept The Futurist Manifesto]
[10m] Boccioni’s work Unique Forms of Continuity in Space was designed to be reminiscent of this sculpture. The Futurist Manifesto claims “a roaring car is more beautiful than [this sculpture],” which is located at the top of the Daru staircase in the Louvre (“loov”).
ANSWER: Winged Victory of Samothrace [or Nike of Samothrace; prompt on Nike]
[10h] Giacomo Balla’s Abstract Speed + Sound depicts a car passing through a landscape as part of an artwork in this form. Francis Bacon created “black” examples of these artworks after the death of his lover, George Dyer.
ANSWER: triptychs [accept Black Triptychs]
<Fine Arts - Visual, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 11
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 16.36 | 82% | 55% | 27% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian Rift in the Sky | Midnight Bus to Vista | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Heauton Timorumenos | Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Prat Pack | Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience | Always Set the Kurve | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 83% | 50% | 50% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 50% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 63% | 25% |