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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 (10[1])a Félix (10[1])González-Torres work honoring Ross Laycock, a victim of this event. (10[2])A purple painting left incomplete by Keith Haring to memorialize this event was (10[1])controversially “completed” with AI by an X (10[1])user (10[1])in 2023. The NAMES project memorializes this event’s victims in a massive quilt. (-5[1])The advocacy group ACT UP raised awareness (10[1])about this event with a black poster featuring the words “SILENCE = DEATH” (“silence equals death”) and a pink triangle. For 10 points, what epidemic (-5[1])disproportionately affected (10[1])gay artists in the 1980s? (10[1]) (10[1])■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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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

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Aaron TaylorMissisippi StateGeorgia Tech B2510
Griffin ElderTennessee AGeorgia Tech D2710
Ethan AltshulEmory AEmory Oxford3710
Ava Del ColloClemson BTennessee B3710
Towery McNeilMississippi State AGeorgia Tech E5010
Jack OgletreeAuburn BVanderbilt B5710
Jeffery FloydSouthernSouth Carolina B5810
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech CBelmont71-5
Zander SchwartzVanderbilt AAlabama A7810
Hayes BrownFurmanGeorgia Tech A100-5
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech BAuburn C10210
Justin HetrickBelmontGeorgia Tech C10710
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AFurman10810