Question

One of these objects titles a painting in which a boy holds a platter while gazing right at a standing woman in a nearly reflective blue top and white skirt; that painting is by Gerard ter Borch (“khuh-RART tair BOR-ukh”). A painting titled for one of these objects shows a woman (10[1])pulling a green curtain aside to reveal a grisaille (“griz-EYE”) seascape and is part of a thematic pair (-5[1])by Gabriël Metsu (“HAH-bree-ell met-sue”). A version of Peter Lely’s Finding of Moses occupies the upper-right corner of a painting titled in English for one of these objects, in which a bored-looking woman in gray is illuminated from the upper left. One of these objects titles a painting in which a pair of discarded slippers rest near a broom (-5[1])and a crumpled mess of sheet music. (10[1])In that painting, (-5[1])a (10[1])seated (10[2])woman who holds a lute and one (-5[1])of these (10[1])objects (10[1]-5[1])looks up toward her standing maid. For 10 points, (10[1])what paper objects are (10[1])shown being (10[1])created or inspected in a number (10[1])of paintings by Jan Vermeer? (0[1])■END■ (10[5]0[8])

ANSWER: love letters [accept The Love Letter or De liefdesbrief; accept Lady Writing a Letter With Her Maid; accept The Letter or De brief; prompt on papers until “paper” is read]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2176%0%24%146.13

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond WangCornell AChicago B4710
Lexi TermanRutgers BMcGill A64-5
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AChicago C121-5
Michał GerasimiukYale AColumbia A12810
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AWUSTL A131-5
Adam FineChicago AVanderbilt A13210
Halle FriedmanNYU AStanford A13310
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AIowa State A13310
June YinWUSTL BOhio State A140-5
Joel MilesMinnesota ARutgers A14210
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BClaremont A14310
Justin HawkinsIndiana AYale B143-5
John BroussardHouston AHarvard A15210
Clark SmithOhio State AWUSTL B15610
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AVirginia A15810
Ricky LiMIT APenn State A16410
Karsten RynearsonYale BIndiana A1690
Christopher SimsNorthwestern ACornell B1700
Ashish SubramanianDuke AIllinois A1700
Vishal KanigicherlaPenn AMaryland A1700
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BBrown A17010
Rosa XiaCornell BNorthwestern A17010
Caleb KendrickMaryland APenn A1700
Cormac BeirneMcGill ARutgers B17010
Matthew LehmannWUSTL APurdue A17010
Steven YuanUC Berkeley BTexas A17010
Robert CondronChicago CGeorgia Tech A1700
James StevensonMichigan AFlorida B1700
Tiffany ZhouFlorida BMichigan A1700
Justin WytmarIllinois ADuke A1700