Question

These objects often appear under clouds, off in the distance, in the pioneering “combination prints” of Gustave Le Gray. One of these objects partly titles an 1857 photograph by Robert Howlett in which its creator stands aloof with a top hat and cigar in front of a massive set of chains. Pablo Picasso praised an uncropped photograph of one of these objects taken with the artist’s only glass plate as (10[1])“working in the same spirit in which I am.” A “spontaneous” photograph of one of these objects exhibited at 291 is divided diagonally by a walkway (10[1])with roped handholds. (10[2])That landmark (-5[1])1907 photograph of one of these objects depicts two levels of richer and poorer travelers. For 10 points, (10[2])what kind of vehicle is the setting of Alfred Stieglitz’s photograph The Steerage? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: ships [or boats; accept brigs, cargo ships, ocean liners, the SS Great Eastern, or SS Kaiser Wilhelm II] (The second clue refers to Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Owen Gilroy (D2)Texas BVassar A6910
Bryce Cruise (D2)Texas AIowa9510
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL AMcGill E9810
Eshan Pant (D2)NYU AMissouri9810
Towery McNeil (D2)Mississippi StateOregon State100-5
Brynn JonesOregon StateMississippi State11810
Keerthana Krishnan (D2)Texas CVassar B11810
Zaid Asif (D2)NYU BCentral Oklahoma13210

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y1100%0%100%132.00
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y6100%0%33%96.00
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%33%116.00
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%114.71
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%104.00
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%33%123.33
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y580%0%0%116.00