Question

A poster created as part of a commission for the design of one of these buildings inspired the cover of Clive James’s Cultural Amnesia. One of the first prefabricated curtain walls was used in one of these buildings in Rotterdam named for Van Nelle. Metal bands break up the rounded corners of the facade of one of these buildings, which features a faceted, gabled concrete roof with a hexagonal logo. A “model” one of these buildings was the pavilion for the 1914 Werkbund (“VAIRK-boont”) Exhibition. Large glass (10[1])and steel panels enclose a staircase in the corner of one of these buildings partly designed by (-5[1])Adolf Meyer. One of these buildings (10[1]-5[1])designed by Peter Behrens for AEG (10[2]-5[1])influenced another (10[2])of them in Alfield (10[1])that was partly designed by the founder of the Bauhaus. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])Walter Gropius (10[2]-5[1])designed what kind of building (-5[1])for the Fagus (10[1])company? (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[9])

ANSWER: factories [or factory buildings; or manufacturing plants; accept Fagus Factory or Fagus Shoe Factory Fagus Fabrik accept AEG Turbine Factory or AEG-Turbinenfabrik; accept Van Nelle Factory or Van Nellefabriek; accept or Fagus Werk until “Werkbund” is read]
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Summary

2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2479%0%21%128.05

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vincent DuNorth Carolina ACornell A8510
Jake GreerHarvardChicago C102-5
Matt JacksonChicago AChicago B10810
Andrew MinagarYale ANYU108-5
Todd MaslykMichiganMaryland114-5
Justin WytmarIllinoisNorthwestern11410
Joel MilesMinnesota AWUSTL A11410
Tiffany ZhouFloridaColumbia B11610
Kevin ParkClaremont CollegesPenn11610
Michal GerasimiukStanfordColumbia A12010
Caleb KendrickMarylandMichigan13010
Andrew EllisKentuckyNorth Carolina B13010
Justin HawkinsIndianaTexas13010
Guy IndoranteIowa StateBerkeley A13310
Mark TawfikRutgersOttawa135-5
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia TechToronto A13510
Jared HeWaterlooPurdue13510
Joseph ChambersVirginiaArizona State140-5
Alex JiangBrownJohns Hopkins14310
Will OrrYale BToronto B14410
Jaik HavlickArizona StateVirginia1450
Dennis ReppenChicago CHarvard1450
Sarod NoriCornell BMinnesota B1450
Urbas EkkaMinnesota BCornell B1450
Adrian WongOttawaRutgers14510
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BSouth Carolina14510
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaBerkeley B1450
Fred GarveyTruman StateChicago D1450
Shiv SeshanChicago DTruman State1450
Alan WuVanderbiltMcGill14510
Amith PunyalaWUSTL BDuke1450
Ashish SubramanianDukeWUSTL B1450
Halle FriedmanNYUYale A14510