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A Barcelona mural commemorating this event features the letter “X” placed on the three wise monkeys in red. A 175-pound pile of candy is central to a Félix (10[1])González-Torres (10[2])work honoring Ross Laycock, a victim of this event. (10[2])A purple painting left incomplete by Keith Haring (10[1])to memorialize (10[1])this event was controversially “completed” with AI by an X user in 2023. The NAMES project memorializes this event’s victims in a massive quilt. The advocacy group ACT UP (10[1])raised awareness about this event with a black poster featuring the words “SILENCE = DEATH” (“silence equals death”) and a pink triangle. For 10 points, what (10[1])epidemic disproportionately affected gay artists in the 1980s? ■END■

ANSWER: the AIDS crisis [accept the HIV crisis or the HIV/AIDS crisis; accept “Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome” in place of “AIDS”; accept “Human Immunodeficiency Virus” in place of “HIV”; accept equivalents like “epidemic” in place of “crisis”; accept Together We Can Stop AIDS or Todos Juntos Podemos Parar el SIDA; prompt on answers indicating the death of Ross Layock by asking “” before “Laycock” is read by asking “which was a result of what larger event?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jude Mejia-VazquezRIT CBinghamton A2710
Claire ChambersBinghamton BCornell E2810
Reese PowellCornell ACornell D2810
Jake CobovicBinghamton CCornell C3710
Carlos GonzalezSyracuseU of Rochester A3710
Elizabeth LarkinCornell FPenn State4510
Madison GlaserESFCornell G4710
Greg ReiserRIT BU of Rochester B7610
Brian HoffCornell BRIT A9910

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%0%47.11
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%0%48.63
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%0%51.67
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY11100%0%18%62.36
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%42.89
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%42.80
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%34.63