Question

A Dan Flavin white-light piece is titled after a “monument” for an artist from this country who was most famous for his assemblages he called “corner counter-reliefs.” (10[1])The art group UNOVIS was founded by an artist from this country whose work was shown in the 0,10 (“zero-ten”) Exhibition. A political poster by an artist from this country contrasts a diagonally-split black and white background against a triangle stabbing (10[2])into a white circle. An expatriate (10[1])artist from this country co-founded a movement in pre-war Germany named after a painting depicting (10[1])a figure cloaked in the namesake hue mounted on a white stallion. (10[1])The Suprematist movement originated in, (10[1])for 10 points, what home country of El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich, (10[1]-5[1])and the originator of Der Blaue Reiter, Wassily Kandinsky? ■END■

ANSWER: Russia [or the Russian Federation or Rossiya or Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; accept USSR or Soviet Union]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathan ZhangCornell CVassar2610
Jason QinColumbia BBard A6610
Aum MundheRutgers APrinceton A6610
John John GrogerColumbia AYale C7210
Karsten RynearsonYale ARutgers B8710
Andrew MinagarYale BNYU B9910
Audrey ChoHaverfordPenn B10410
Alex MoonPenn APrinceton B11510
Ashish KumbhardareRowan AColumbia C115-5

Summary

2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y989%0%11%79.38