Alexander Calder - 2025 ACF Regionals

Question

Answer the following about the contributions of BMW to the art world, for 10 points each.

[10h] In 1975, this artist began BMW’s Art Car series on a commission from driver Hervé Poulain (“air-VAY poo-LAN”). This American artist painted his Flying Colors on a Douglas airplane and designed a set for Erik Satie’s symphonic drama Socrate (“so-KRAT”).

ANSWER: Alexander Calder

[10m] BMW sponsors this museum’s program for live performance art exhibitions. Olafur Eliasson’s The Weather Project and Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds were hosted in this museum’s Turbine Hall.

ANSWER: Tate Modern [prompt on Tate; reject “Tate Britain” or “Tate St. Ives” or “Tate Liverpool”]

[10e] BMW collaborated with this museum for an exhibition on the Art of the Motorcycle, during which reflective panels covered its spiral ramp. Frank Lloyd Wright designed this New York City museum.

ANSWER: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum [or The Guggenheim]

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Summary


California	2025-02-01	Y	3	16.67	67%	100%	0%
Florida	2025-02-01	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
North	2025-02-01	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Northeast	2025-02-01	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Pacific Northwest	2025-02-01	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
South Central	2025-02-01	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
UK	2025-02-01	Y	10	20.00	90%	100%	10%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	8	15.00	75%	63%	13%
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


UC Berkeley B	Claremont A	0	10	10	20
UCLA	Claremont B	0	10	0	10
UC Berkeley A	UCSD	0	10	10	20
Florida State A	Valencia A	0	0	10	10
Florida B	UCF B	0	0	10	10
Florida A	UCF C	0	10	10	20
Duke	UNC C	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Liberty A	10	10	10	30
UNC B	South Carolina	0	0	10	10
Virginia A	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
UNC D	Wake Forest	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Chicago C	0	10	10	20
Missouri	Chicago D	0	10	10	20
Indiana B	Illinois C	0	10	10	20
Illinois B	Indiana A	10	0	10	20
Illinois A	Missoui S&T	0	0	10	10
Chicago A	WashU B	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Carleton	0	10	10	20
Winona State	Minnesota B	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin A	Wisconsin B	0	0	10	10
Tufts A	Brandeis A	0	0	10	10
Brandeis B	BU	0	10	10	20
Harvard A	Dartmouth A	0	10	10	20
MIT A	Harvard B	0	10	10	20
Brown A	UMass Boston	0	10	10	20
UBC	Alberta	0	10	10	20
UW B	UW A	0	10	10	20
ASU	TAMU	0	10	10	20
Texas B	Texas A	0	10	10	20
Louisville A	Georgia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt A	0	0	10	10
Bruin A	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
Bristol	Oxford C	0	10	10	20
Oxford A	Cambridge B	0	10	10	20
Manchester	Cambridge C	0	10	10	20
LSE	Cambridge D	0	10	10	20
Imperial A	Cambridge E	0	10	10	20
Durham	Warwick A	0	10	10	20
Imperial B	Warwick B	0	10	0	10
Sheffield	Southampton A	0	10	10	20
Oxford B	Southampton B	0	10	10	20
Cambridge A	NYU C	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	Maryland A	0	10	10	20
Cornell B	Haverford A	0	10	10	20
George Washington A	Vassar A	0	0	0	0
George Washington B	Maryland B	0	0	0	0
Haverford B	John Jay College	0	0	10	10
Penn A	Penn B	0	10	10	20
Yale A	Rutgers A	0	10	10	20
Cornell C	Binghamton A	0	0	10	10
RIT A	Cornell D	0	0	10	10
RIT B	ESF A	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins A	NYU B	10	10	10	30