Question

An artwork depicting this action was wrapped by a mile of string in an artistic intervention by Cornelia Parker. A “Gate of [this action”] is included with The Table of Silence and the Infinity Column at Târgu Jiu (“TER-gu zhoo”). Those works’ artist, Constantin Brâncuși (“bran-KOOSH”), created another Proto-Cubist sculpture titled for this action (10[1])that depicts (10[1])rectangular figures made of limestone. A sculpture originally (10[1])part of The Gates of Hell (10[1])titled for this action depicts the (-5[1])nude couple Francesca and Paolo. For 10 points, two embracing lovers in an Auguste (10[2])Rodin (“oh-GOOST roh-DAN”) sculpture (10[1])perform what title intimate action? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: kissing [accept obvious equivalents; accept The Kiss or Le Baiser; accept The Gate of the Kiss or Poarta sărutului] (The Parker sculpture is The Distance (A Kiss With String Attached) which wrapped Rodin’s The Kiss.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BMaryland A (DII)5010
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Rowan A (DII)5210
Kevin MMaryland BColumbia A6010
Jason Lee (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Lehigh B (DII)6610
Ethan Furman (DII)Penn A (DII)Columbia B72-5
Wade Rogers (DII)Fordham APenn B (DII)8610
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BLehigh A (UG)8610
Lucas Shedlock (UG)Princeton A (UG)Bard A (UG)8810
Alexandra Duan (DII)Columbia BPenn A (DII)9410

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY888%0%38%74.29
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%71.25
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%33%69.50
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY10100%0%20%84.80
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%75.56
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY580%0%20%57.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%72.75
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY978%0%44%64.71