Question
An Aki Kaurismäki film produced in this city features an extended performance by local rock star Little Bob. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this major port city in Normandy located across the Seine (“sen”) estuary from Honfleur. Auguste Perret (“oh-GOOST pair-AY”) headed a modernist redesign of this city’s ruined downtown after WWII.
ANSWER: Le Havre (“luh AHV-ruh”) (The Kaurismäki film is also called Le Havre.)
[10e] As part of the reconstruction of Le Havre, Minister of Culture André Malraux (“mal-ROH”) opened an art museum mostly dedicated to this movement. A painting of a sunrise over Le Havre inspired the name of this movement.
ANSWER: Impressionism [or L’impressionnisme; accept word forms like impressionist] (The painting is Impression, Sunrise.)
[10h] Another modernist project built under Malraux is this unpopular skyscraper in downtown Paris, which inspired a law banning buildings over seven stories high. An upcoming redesign will add garden space to this building’s exterior.
ANSWER: Tour Montparnasse [or Montparnasse Tower or Tour Maine-Montparnasse]
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Summary
| 2023 Chicago Open | 08/05/2023 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
Data
| BHSU | Team Name Think Detail | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | Saint Peter Andre 3000 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |