Question

A flint stone may have inspired a sculpture named for this action in a reflecting pool at Lincoln Center. One of the “talking statues” of Rome that depicts a river god doing this action is nicknamed Marforio. The collapse of a chamber’s roof at Bhamala damaged a sculpture of the Buddha performing this physical action (-5[1])that commonly represents parinirvāṇa. A sculpture in the Galleria Borghese performing this action (-5[1])could be rotated by crank and holds an (*) apple. Mesoamerican chacmool statues performing this action (10[1])inspired over 20 abstract statues by Henry Moore. (10[1])In an Antonio Canova sculpture, Pauline Bonaparte performs this action as Venus Victrix. A Black servant holds a flower bouquet in a painting of Victorine Meurent doing this action. For 10 points, Edouard Manet’s Olympia is part of a genre of nudes doing what recumbent (10[1])pose? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: reclining [accept equivalents such as laying down; accept Reclining Figure; accept recumbent until read; prompt on resting; prompt on sleeping or dying by asking “what physical action is the figure doing?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech D54-5
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech B67-5
Luke ZhangEmory AGeorgia B8210
Bob FreedmanGeorgia ATennessee A9010
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech A13510
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech C13710

Summary

2023 ARCADIA at DukeEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%0%109.25
2023 ARCADIA at EmoryEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%50%111.00
2023 ARCADIA at ImperialImperialY5100%0%20%90.80
2023 ARCADIA at MarylandMaryland, OnlineY367%0%67%108.50
2023 ARCADIA OnlineMaryland, OnlineY367%33%33%88.00
2023 ARCADIA at TexasOhio State, TexasY3100%0%67%121.33
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio StateOhio State, TexasY3100%0%0%100.00