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This material was used for both I Have Been to the Mountain in the MLK Reflection Park and Hero (-5[1])Construction by Richard Hunt. Dia Beacon and the Guggenheim Bilbao dedicate large rooms to Torqued Ellipses of this material. Before dying in a 1965 car crash, an abstract expressionist sculptor used this material for the Agricola and Cubi series. A debate over public art ended in federal workers forcing the removal of a slab of this material (-5[1])from Foley Square. This (10[1])favorite material of David Smith makes up large site-specific pieces like Tilted Arc by Richard Serra. (-5[1])An artist painted (10[1])this material vermillion for an arcing sculpture at Chicago’s Federal Plaza titled Flamingo. For 10 points, the monumental “stabiles” of Alexander Calder are welded together from the COR-TEN type of what metal? ■END■ (10[4]0[3])

ANSWER: steel [accept COR-TEN steel or stainless steel; prompt on metal]
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Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y875%0%38%100.67
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y786%0%29%100.17
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%11%101.00
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y786%0%43%116.83
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%33%117.33

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan APitt B (UG)18-5
BiyangMichigan BPitt A75-5
Peter Zeng (DII)Ohio State C (DII)CWRU D (DII)7910
Shourjo Ganguli (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Kenyon A (UG)95-5
Rohan Navaneetha Raj (DII)Ohio State B (DII)CWRU C (UG)9810
Ciaran Strimaitis (DII)Kenyon A (UG)Ohio State A (UG)13110
Ella Mankowski (DII)Pitt B (UG)Michigan A13110
DannyPitt AMichigan B13110
Peter Ballas (DII)Michigan D (DII)Michigan State B (UG)1310
Jason Thieu (DII)Michigan State B (UG)Michigan D (DII)1310
Kara Braun (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Kenyon B (DII)13110
Elias Kradel (DII)Kenyon B (DII)Michigan State C (UG)1310