Question

A project commissioned by this family is analyzed at length as a “double paradox” of congestion and space in Rem Koolhaas’s “retroactive manifesto” Delirious New York. Brasilia’s open spaces inspired a member of this family to order an unpopular complex of five International Style towers and an egg-shaped theater. (10[2])Wallace Harrison’s designs for this family (-5[1])include a Robert Moses-era travertine venue with a facade of five tall arches. Paul Manship’s bronze Prometheus sits in an Art Deco complex built by this family with rooftop green spaces like the Garden of the Nations. (10[1])Members of this family financed the building of the Lincoln Center and a skyscraper once decorated with Diego (-5[1])Rivera’s mural (10[1])Man (10[1])at the Crossroads. For 10 points, NBC is based in number 30 at what family’s “center?” (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Rockefeller [accept Rockefeller Center, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, or Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will HollisterLehigh APenn A4810
Emma Victoria ByronRutgers CPenn State A4810
Simon EmmanuelRutgers AColumbia A54-5
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins APenn State B9110
Olin BoseColumbia BHopkins B109-5
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard APrinceton A11110
Vedh RameshPenn BHaverford A11210
Maximilian NieburHopkins BColumbia B12810
Cooper RohColumbia ARutgers A12910

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