Question

Laura Cumming suggests that a painting of one of these animals survived because it was still wet in the 2023 book Thunderclap. One of these animals nestles below Mary’s breast in Leonardo’s Madonna Litta (-5[2])as a common symbol for the Passion and the Resurrection. (-5[3])A thin (-5[1])chain (10[1])holds one of these animals to a feeder (-5[1])in a painting (10[1]-5[1])whose creator (10[2]-5[1])died in the 1654 (-5[1])Delft gunpowder (-5[1])explosion. (10[6]-5[1])One of these animals (10[1])titles a painting in which Mary sits on a rock (10[1])and holds (10[1]-5[1])an open book with one hand. (10[1]-5[2])A Carel Fabritius painting of one of these animals (-5[1])is rescued (-5[1])from a bombing at the Met (10[2])in a 2014 (10[2])novel (10[2])by Donna Tartt. (10[5])In a 1505 (10[1]-5[1])painting, one of these animals perches on the finger of an infant John the Baptist. (10[1])For 10 points, a Raphael (10[1])Madonna is titled for what small, colorful (-5[1])bird? (10[2])■END■ (10[8]0[9])

ANSWER: goldfinches [or Carduelis carduelis; accept The Goldfinch, Het puttertje, Madonna of the Goldfinch, or Madonna del Cardellino; prompt on birds or finches] (Goldfinches seem to have become associated with the Passion through the Crown of Thorns, because they eat thistle seeds.)
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%33%89.00
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y863%0%50%100.60
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y786%0%14%83.17
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y8100%0%25%98.75
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%33%122.33
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y560%0%80%132.33
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y1191%0%55%113.60

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ian LuGeorgia Tech FTennesse A33-5
Josh HowarthWarwick BVanderbilt33-5
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BArkansas43-5
Joyann Hua (DII)UBC BUW B43-5
Qingyu ZhangUF AUF C43-5
Gerrit Severeid (UG)McGill EMississippi State45-5
Ni Kundargi (DII)Michigan State B (UG)Ohio State C (DII)4610
Eve FleisigBerkeley CBerkeley B54-5
Katherine LeiStanford LBerkeley A5710
Josie Scott-FlemingBristol BLSE B57-5
Brielle Rach (D2)IowaOregon State5910
Anna BarkerUCF AUF E59-5
Andrei HuiCambridge BOxford A5910
Audrey SwingleUF FFlorida Tech B63-5
Sam Wang (UG)Pitt B (UG)Michigan State C (UG)65-5
Michal GerasimiukStanford MStanford A6610
Zach TsengGeorgia Tech EAuburn C66-5
Jeffry XuGeorgia Tech BAuburn B6610
Sophia Taylor (DII)Michigan D (DII)Michigan B6610
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaTexas C6610
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriColorado College6610
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (D2)NYU AOle Miss6610
Paige CrawleyOxford BDurham A7010
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech CAuburn A8010
Ethan AltshulEmory BGeorgia Tech D82-5
ShourjoOhio State ACWRU B8210
Alina MooreTennesse BSouth Carolina A88-5
Sarah Dong (DII)Michigan C (UG)CWRU C (UG)8810
Arvin BoraghiCambridge CCambridge A88-5
Michael WuSouthamptonCambridge D97-5
Zuhayr ShaikhBirminghamImperial B99-5
Luke ZhangEmory AAlabama A10510
Rohan Navaneetha Raj (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Kenyon B (DII)10510
Andre WongLSE ABristol A10810
Zosia MikolajczukSouthampton AWarwick A10810
Parker McCoigTennesse AGeorgia Tech F10910
Tiffany ZhouUF BFlorida State University A10910
Tobias Zajac (UG)Michigan State C (UG)Pitt B (UG)11210
Lucas Mansfield (UG)UW AAlberta11210
Kevin YeSFUUBC A11210
Greg MylesEdinburghDurham B11210
Ben AtchisonCambridge DSouthampton11210
Jisoo YooTexas AVassar B11510
Owen IredaleImperial AManchester115-5
Collin NadarajahWUSTL ATexas D13010
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltWarwick B13510
Alexander NicholsUCF BUF D142-5
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech DEmory B14310
Alan Fan (DII)UW BUBC B14310
Ryan SunBerkeley BBerkeley C14410
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AClemson A1440
Charlie WeaverClemson AGeorgia Tech A1440
Brandon HuntAuburn CGeorgia Tech E1440
Braeden LaRocheSouth Carolina ATennesse B1440
Mithilesh Gopalakrishman (DII)CWRU D (DII)Kenyon A (UG)1440
Ciaran Strimaitis (DII)Kenyon A (UG)CWRU D (DII)1440
Towery McNeil (D2)Mississippi StateMcGill E14410
Alexander Tenace (D2)ArkansasNYU B14410
Aryan PathakUF EUCF A1440
Nicholas NguyenUF DUCF B14410
Eve MarambaUF CUF A14410
Leighton KarpiniaFlorida Tech BUF F1440
Gus ReddingImperial BBirmingham14410
Seraphina CharlotteCambridge ACambridge C14410
Kai MadgwickManchesterImperial A1440
Ryan SharpeLSE BBristol B14410