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. Wallace Harrison’s designs for this family include a Robert Moses-era travertine venue with a facade of five tall arches. Paul Manship’s bronze Prometheus (10[1])sits in an Art Deco complex (10[2])built by this family with rooftop green spaces like the Garden of the Nations. Members of this family financed the building of the Lincoln Center and a skyscraper once decorated with Diego Rivera’s mural Man at the Crossroads. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, NBC is based in number 30 at what family’s “center?” ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Rockefeller [accept Rockefeller Center, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, or Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Todd MaslykMichigan ACWRU C (UG)7110
Jake Meltzer (DII)CWRU A (UG)Kenyon B (DII)7710
Simon Zimmerman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan D (DII)7710
Anton Akroush (DII)Michigan State AMichigan State C (UG)115-5
Biyang Zhang (UG)Michigan BMichigan State B (UG)11510
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State C (DII)CWRU B (UG)11510
Tobias Zajac (UG)Michigan State C (UG)Michigan State A12910

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