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 sits in an Art Deco complex built by this family with rooftop (10[1])green spaces (10[1])like the Garden (10[1])of the Nations. (-5[1])Members of this family financed the building of the Lincoln Center and a skyscraper once decorated with Diego Rivera’s mural (10[1])Man (10[1])at (10[1])the Crossroads. (-5[1])For 10 points, NBC is based in number 30 at what family’s (10[1])“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
Luca Balescu (D2)Texas DOregon State8310
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar AOle Miss8510
Elle Lee (D2)NYU AWUSTL A8810
Jacob Tow (UG)Colorado CollegeArkansas91-5
Bryce Cruise (D2)Texas AMissouri11110
Devito Stevanus (UG)McGill EVassar B11210
Roan DowlingIowaCentral Oklahoma11310
Towery McNeil (D2)Mississippi StateTexas B115-5
Owen Gilroy (D2)Texas BMississippi State12710
Olivia SmithArkansasColorado College12910

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