Question

John Muir (“mure”) commissioned an artist with this first name to take a trip to Alaska, where he painted Muir Glacier; that artist also depicted an event in Promontory, Utah in The Last Spike. After (10[1])an expedition with Ferdinand Hayden, an artist with this first name helped inspire the creation of a “national playground” with his painting (-5[1])The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Some claim that (10[1])an artist with this first name painted upside-down Hebrew letters (10[1])reading (10[1])“Shaddai” (10[1])on (10[1])a mountain (10[2])in (10[1])the background (10[1])of one work. (-5[1])A (10[1])landscape painter with this first name had the last name Moran. (10[1])Luman Reed, the patron of an artist with this first name, (10[1])encouraged that artist to go to Mount Holyoke and paint a river bend in the aftermath (10[1])of a thunderstorm. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, give this first name of the artist of The Oxbow, (10[2])who also painted The Course of Empire. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Thomas [accept Thomas Hill or Thomas Moran or Thomas Cole]
<Painting &amp; Sculpture>
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y20100%0%15%98.20

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Justin WytmarIllinois AVirginia3310
Moses KitakuleColumbia AWUSTL B55-5
Joel MilesMinnesotaMichigan6410
Caleb OttWaterloo BArizona State7410
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateJohns Hopkins7510
Tony ChenToronto AGeorgia Tech7610
Yrwin BatanMITWUSTL A7710
Arjun KalaIllinois BFlorida7910
Owen MimnoNYUPenn State7910
Nathan ZhangCornell AOttawa8010
Henry BonWinona StateToronto B8210
Roxanne TangOhio StateUCF85-5
Guy IndoranteIowa StateIndiana8610
John John GrogerWUSTL BColumbia A9710
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AWaterloo A10810
William OrrYaleCornell B12410
Cormac BeirneLSEVanderbilt12710
Chris SimsNorthwesternStanford12710
Gus VanskikeMarylandHarvard127-5
Bryce CruiseTexasNorth Carolina B14010
Cade ReinbergerRITToronto C14010
Alexander NicholsUCFOhio State14810
Joy AnHarvardMaryland14810