Question

This artist, the subject of the 2021 biography Revelations, received a radiograph of Michael Sadler’s skull in response to a painting of a wispy, white figure splaying its arms on a field of black. This former rugmaker worked from a huge stock of photos that included X-rays, Muybridge prints, and Matthias Grünewald (“GREW-nuh-valt”) reproductions. (10[1])This artist suppressed most of his paintings that predated a bright orange triptych (10[1])depicting (10[1])a set (-5[1])of limbless (10[1])Eumenides. (10[2])This artist copied the mouth of a nurse (10[1])from Battleship (10[1])Potemkin (10[6]-5[1])for a series that includes an (10[1])entry in which the subject is flanked by raw meat. (10[4]-5[1])This painter (10[2])of Three Studies (-5[1])for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion created several variations on a portrait by Diego Velázquez. (10[2])For 10 points, what British (10[2])artist (10[1])painted screaming popes? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[8])

ANSWER: Francis Bacon (The painting in the first sentence is the 1933 Crucifixion.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Roan DowlingIowaTexas A5210
Justin WytmarUIUC AUIUC B6510
Jeffry XuGeorgia Tech BAuburn A6610
Coby TranUChicago CUIUC D68-5
Ariel FaederPitt AMichigan A7010
Teigue KellyPenn State APrinceton A7110
Eve MarambaUF CUCF B7110
Danielle WebbSIUE AIndiana B7910
Charles YoungColumbia AHaverford A8110
Justin HawkinsIndiana AUChicago A8210
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State C (DII)Michigan C (UG)8210
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Ohio State A (UG)8210
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaNYU B82-5
Eshan Pant (D2)NYU AMissouri8210
Yaj Jhajhria (DII)UW BUW A8210
Shawn JarrardUF AFlorida State University A8210
Jisoo ParkUIUC CMiami8810
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard APenn A9810
Eric YangPurdue ANorthwestern A9810
Liam StarnesUChicago BWashU D9810
Wren Buehler (D2)Vassar ATexas B98-5
Anne Fjeld (DII)AlbertaSFU9810
Ishaan SinghPurdue BUChicago D10010
Brynn JonesOregon StateMississippi State10010
Anton Akroush (DII)Michigan State AMichigan B103-5
Patrick Rivas-GiorgiColumbia BLehigh A12010
Christophe SavoieUF EFlorida Tech B12010
Devito Stevanus (UG)McGill EWUSTL A12510
Shiva TegullaUCF AUF D12510
Keerthana Krishnan (D2)Texas CVassar B12610
Justin Qian (DII)UBC BUBC A12910
Emma Victoria ByronRutgers CJohns Hopkins B1300
Jeevika SetzerJohns Hopkins BRutgers C1300
Anila MoparthyUIUC DUChicago C1300
Owen Brown (DII)Kenyon B (DII)Kenyon A (UG)1300
Francis Hanf (UG)Kenyon A (UG)Kenyon B (DII)1300
Kevin Zheng (UG)Michigan BMichigan State A13010
Meredith Wiper (DII)CWRU B (UG)Pitt B (UG)13010
Tobias Zajac (UG)Michigan State C (UG)CWRU D (DII)13010
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BCentral Oklahoma1300
Owen Gilroy (D2)Texas BVassar A1300
Audrey SwingleUF FFlorida Tech A1300