Question

Louis Gillet labeled some paintings of these objects “upside-down” according to Ross King’s book Mad Enchantment, (10[1])which describes an artist’s visit to the 1889 Exposition Universelle. The last volume of a catalog raisonné by Daniel Wildenstein is dominated by paintings of these objects, including Green Reflections. In a letter to Gustave Geffroy, an artist described paintings of these objects creating an “illusion of an endless whole” after a successful exhibit (-5[1])at the Galerie Durand-Ruel. (10[1]-5[1])The World War I armistice led Georges Clemenceau to manage a decade-long commission for paintings (10[1])of these objects, which was delayed by the artist’s cataract (10[1])surgeries. (10[6]-5[1])Two oval (10[2])rooms (10[1])house (10[1])paintings of these objects at the Musée de l’Orangerie (10[3])(“mew-zay duh lo-ronzh-REE”). For 10 points, (10[1])a Japanese bridge at (10[1])Giverny is featured in (10[1])Claude Monet’s paintings of what aquatic plants? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: water lilies [or water lily; or nymphéas; or lily pads; prompt on flowers, aquatic plants, blooms, or equivalents of any until “plants” is read; reject “lilies”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AMinnesota B1510
Ishan JoshiOttawaBrown69-5
Lexi TermanRutgersNYU73-5
Joy AnHarvardChicago B7310
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia TechCornell B8810
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsDuke9810
Jack RadoColumbia BChicago D9910
Guy IndoranteIowa StateIndiana9910
Joel MilesMinnesota AMcGill9910
Jaik HavlickArizona StateChicago A99-5
Quynh PhungPurdueStanford9910
Matthew SiffYale ASouth Carolina9910
Sky LiToronto AVirginia9910
Jim FanNorth Carolina AFlorida10110
Will OrrYale BNorthwestern10110
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BKentucky10210
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AWaterloo10310
Justin WytmarIllinoisChicago C11210
Caleb KendrickMarylandTruman State11210
Ryan HumphreyTexasWUSTL B11210
Ivvone ZhouNorth Carolina BToronto B11510
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltPenn11910
Halle FriedmanNYURutgers12310
Alex JiangBrownOttawa13010
Matt JacksonChicago AArizona State13110