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A collection of these objects from China titles the memoir of Kay Sage, who painted a giant example of these objects next to an archway in My Room Has Two Doors. One of these objects dangles on a thin string above a rooftop in a landscape titled for these objects On the Plate (10[1])(Without the Plate). Geese fly out of a white cape worn by a giantess guarding one of these objects in a painting by Leonora Carrington. A cage holds one of these objects (10[1])in René Magritte’s (10[1])painting Elective Affinities. (-5[1])A flower sprouts from one of these objects representing a head in (-5[1])Salvador Dalí’s Metamorphosis of Narcissus. Either casein (“KAY-seen”) or materials from these objects are used to make a paint that uses a binder called gesso (“JESS-oh”) as a ground. For 10 points, tempera is usually made with milk (0[1])or what other (10[1])food items? ■END■

ANSWER: eggs [accept eggshells; accept China Eggs; accept fried eggs; accept egg yolk]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew HannaPennNYU A5210
Seth EbnerJohns HopkinsVassar8410
William Groger (UG)Columbia BRowan8710
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayNYU B90-5
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordColumbia A102-5
Jeffrey Guan (UG)NYU BJohn Jay1380
Moses KitakuleColumbia AHaverford14110