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An intended painting of this visual subject was called “this painting that keeps haunting me” in a letter to a friend whom the artist met at Fernand Cormon’s atelier. This subject backgrounds the Belgian painter Eugene Boch, suggesting his lofty aspirations, in a portrait titled The Poet. The presence of gas lamps led an artist to add a “discreet paleness” to this title (-5[1])subject of an 1888 river landscape, as described in a letter to his (*) brother. This subject appears (-5[1])to the right of a yellow awning in a painting titled for a “café terrace.” Vertical yellow streaks (10[1])of reflected light feature in a painting of this subject “over the Rhône.” This subject was most notably painted from the window of a Post-Impressionist artist’s Saint-Rémy asylum. (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])a lone cypress tree foregrounds what subject (10[1])in the masterpiece of Vincent van Gogh? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: the night sky [or starry sky; accept The Starry Night or Starry Night Over the Rhône; accept stars or constellations; prompt on sky] (The friend is Émile Bernard.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A62-5
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech D79-5
Luke ZhangEmory AGeorgia B9710
Aidan LeahyGeorgia ATennesse A125-5
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech C12810
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B13510
William BarnesTennesse AGeorgia A14310