Round 1: Tossup 16
This artist depicted teepee-shaped trees covered in snow in a work held by the Cleveland Museum of Art. This artist showed various figures looming over him at work in his self-portrait Return from Bohemia. A black car is shown about to hit a red truck in this artist’s Death on the Ridge Road. A satirical work by this artist depicts three “Tory Gals” in front of an (*) Emanuel Leutze (“LOYT-zuh”) painting. Ella Watson was photographed in front of an American flag by Gordon Parks to parody a work by this artist, in which his dentist, Byron McKeeby, stands in front of the Dibble House holding a pitchfork. For 10 points, name this artist of American Gothic. ■END■
ANSWER: Grant Wood
<Fine Arts - Visual, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 01
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Hallquist | Chapel Hill A | Cary Academy | 52 | -5 |
| James Li | Chapel Hill B | East Chapel Hill | 89 | -5 |
| Georgette Beaumont | Grimsley | Tantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae | 95 | 10 |
| Sanjay Rajagopal | East Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill B | 113 | 10 |
| Arjun Pant | Cary Academy | Chapel Hill A | 115 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 17% | 50% | 83.83 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 107.67 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 100.33 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 88.25 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 20% | 0% | 84.80 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 104.00 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 50% | 0% | 25% | 100.00 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 112.25 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 20% | 40% | 73.00 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 38% | 13% | 67.25 |