Vincent van Gogh - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

In 2022, a self portrait of this artist was discovered by Lesley Stevenson while X-raying the previously known 1885 painting Head of a Peasant Woman. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this artist, some of whose self-portraits depict him with a bandaged ear that he had cut off.

ANSWER: Vincent van Gogh [or Vincent Willem van Gogh]

[10m] van Gogh painted the self portrait several years before moving to this city, where he painted himself “on his way to work.” Yellow furniture appears in a “Bedroom” scene in this city where van Gogh stayed with Paul Gauguin.

ANSWER: Arles (“arl”) [accept Bedroom in Arles]

[10h] van Gogh’s more unusual portraits include one in which goods for this activity sit on his chair. To mock academic lessons, van Gogh created a portrait of a skeleton performing this action.

ANSWER: smoking [or smoking tobacco; accept smoking a cigarette or smoking a cigar or smoking a pipe] (A pipe and tobacco sit on the chair.)

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	24.00	100%	80%	60%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	38%	38%
Florida	Main	Y	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	20.91	100%	55%	55%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	50%	38%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	56%	44%
North	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	44%	67%
Pacific	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	43%	29%
South Central	Main	Y	6	15.00	100%	17%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	19.17	100%	67%	25%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	13.75	100%	25%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	0%	40%

Data


Claremont A	Claremont B	10	10	0	20
UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	10	0	0	10
UCLA A	USC A	10	0	0	10
UCLA B	UCLA D	10	0	0	10
UCLA C	UCSD B	10	10	0	20
UCLA E	USC B	10	0	0	10
UCLA F	UC Irvine	10	0	10	20
Stanford B	Berkeley Archer Queen	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	10	10	0	20
Carleton B	Carleton A	10	0	0	10
McGill B	McGill A	10	10	10	30
McGill C	Ottawa B	10	10	10	30
McGill E	Ottawa C	10	10	0	20
Ottawa D	Ottawa A	10	10	10	30
Toronto E	McMaster B	10	10	0	20
Toronto I	McMaster C	10	0	0	10
Queen's A	Toronto F	10	0	10	20
Toronto A	Toronto C	10	0	0	10
McMaster A	Toronto B	10	10	10	30
Toronto G	Guelph A	10	0	10	20
Toronto H	Brock A	10	0	0	10
Toronto D	Waterloo A	10	10	0	20
Florida B	Florida A	10	0	10	20
Florida State A	South Florida A	10	0	0	10
Florida Tech A	UCF A	10	0	0	10
Louisville A	CWRU B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B	CWRU D	10	10	10	30
Louisville D	Kentucky	10	10	10	30
Michigan State A	Michigan B	10	0	0	10
Michigan C	Louisville B	10	0	0	10
Duke A	Liberty A	10	10	0	20
JMU B	Liberty B	10	0	0	10
NCSU A	UNC A	10	10	10	30
UNC C	Virginia Tech C	10	0	10	20
VCU A	UNC B	10	0	10	20
Virginia A	William & Mary A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	10	10	0	20
William & Mary B	William & Mary C	10	0	0	10
George Mason A	Maryland A	10	0	0	10
Rutgers A	Maryland C	10	0	0	10
Iowa A	Chicago A	10	0	0	10
Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	10	0	0	10
Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	10	10	10	30
Indiana A	Illinois Canada	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Purdue C	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	Iowa B	10	0	0	10
William Woods University A	Rose-Hulman A	10	10	0	20
WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	10	10	10	30
Purdue D	WashU Grolars	10	0	10	20
CWRU A	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	Michigan State B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State C	CWRU C	10	0	0	10
Ohio State D	Louisville C	10	0	10	20
Pittsburgh	Michigan D	10	10	10	30
WVU B	Michigan State D	10	0	0	10
Tufts C	Amherst B	10	0	0	10
MIT A	Boston College A	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	10	10	0	20
Brown A	Amherst A	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth B	Brown B	10	0	10	20
Dartmouth A	Vermont B	10	0	10	20
MIT B	Brandeis Beethoven	10	0	0	10
Tufts B	UConn A	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	10	0	10	20
Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Washington State	10	0	0	10
Arizona State B	Washington Coho	10	0	0	10
Texas	British Columbia A	10	10	0	20
Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	10	0	10	20
British Columbia C	Washington Chum	10	10	0	20
Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	10	0	0	10
Macalester	Iowa State	10	0	0	10
Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin C	Minnesota	10	0	10	20
Auburn A	Auburn B	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Auburn C	10	10	0	20
Chipola College	Alabama A	10	10	10	30
Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Clemson A	10	0	0	10
Montevallo	Georgia Tech D	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Emory A	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech A	Tennessee A	10	10	0	20
Tennessee B	Sewanne	10	0	0	10
Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	10	10	0	20
Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State A	10	0	0	10
Nebraska C	Murray State College B	10	0	0	10
Central Oklahoma A	Nebraska B	10	10	10	30
Oklahoma	Murray State College A	10	0	10	20
Tulsa A	Nebraska A	10	0	0	10
Harding	Tulsa B	10	0	0	10
Birmingham	Southampton	10	0	0	10
Bristol	Cambridge D	10	0	0	10
Imperial B	Cambridge C	10	0	0	10
Cardiff	Cambridge B	10	10	0	20
Warwick	Imperial A	10	0	0	10
Imperial C	LSE	10	0	0	10
Imperial D	Cambridge E	10	0	10	20
Cambridge A	Oxford	10	10	0	20
Cornell B	Binghamton C	10	0	0	10
ESF	Cornell A	10	0	10	20
Cornell D	RIT B	10	0	0	10
Cornell C	RIT A	10	0	0	10
Rochester	Binghamton B	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh A	Durham A	10	0	10	20
Durham C	Edinburgh C	10	0	0	10
Durham D	Edinburgh B	10	10	0	20
Sheffield A	Durham B	10	10	0	20
York	Edinburgh D	10	0	0	10