Question
The 60-hectare central business district of this city houses the Mercury City Tower, which is considered the tallest copper-clad structure in the world. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this city, whose ornate metro stations and “Seven Sisters” skyscrapers showcase the Socialist Realism style of a bygone era. Saint Basil’s Cathedral stands in this city’s main square.
ANSWER: Moscow [or Moskva]
[10m] The main building of one of these places is the tallest of the Seven Sisters, and is adorned with a 12-ton golden star. Another skyscraper serving as the main building of one of these places in Pittsburgh was built using late Gothic Revival style, leading “cathedral” to be included in the building's name.
ANSWER: universities [accept college, prompt on schools, prompt on library, prompt on campus]
[10h] A series of four architectural competitions selected the design for this administrative center in Moscow, which was never finished due to Germany’s 1941 invasion. This building’s stack of neoclassical cylinders would have been topped with a statue of Lenin to become the tallest building in the world.
ANSWER: Palace of the Soviets [reject “House of Soviets”]
<SK, Other Arts>
Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 2 | 5.00 | 0% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| Missouri B | Squidward Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WUSTL H2O | Missouri A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| WUSTL XYZ | SIUE | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |