Question

One artist showed himself with blue hair at work on a painting of this scene in a 1947 painting titled “Self Portrait with Clock in front of [this scene].” An upside-down clock falls from the sky in a gouache depiction of this scene titled Apocalypse in Lilac, (15[1])Capriccio. The Struma disaster is alluded to by a sinking ship in a painting of this scene that is dominated by a massive green scroll. Three bearded men and a boat of refugees flee a village on the left of a painting (15[1])of (15[1])this scene in which its central figure wears a (*) prayer shawl. That painting of this scene includes a burning synagogue in the background alongside a Lithuanian flag, and was painted in response to Kristallnacht. Marc Chagall painted “Yellow” and “White” versions of, for 10 points, what scene, in which he often replaced the initialism “INRI” above the dying Jesus Christ? ■END■

ANSWER: crucifixion [accept Yellow Crucifixion or White Crucifixion or Self Portrait with Clock and Crucifixion; accept Jesus Christ on the cross or similar]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Morgan BozemanOur Job is BuzzWeird Klaus Barbie4615
Rob CarsonBHSUdoubleplusnegfive8815
Sharath NarayanPalestrina SawayamaJeff Weiner Fan Club8915

Summary

2023 UMN COOT08/19/2023Y3100%100%0%74.33