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A cabin in this city fused a traditional house with Dutch features like a high, shingled roof and had wooden walls painted with red oil to imitate brick. Swiss-Italian architect Domenico Trezzini’s ambitious plans for this city included identical three story buildings with white pilasters and red brick, the Twelve Colleges meant to house government departments. A five-domed cathedral in this city with a blue and white exterior was designed by Francesco Rastrelli, who also created a Baroque, quadrangle-shaped palace now painted (*) green and white. The (10[1])architecture of this city contrasted with the Naryshkin style and developed to the tastes of a ruler who is depicted atop the Thunder Stone in a (10[1])Falconet (10[1])equestrian sculpture. (10[2])For 10 points, name this city whose Winter Palace is now part of (-5[1])the Hermitage Museum. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Saint Petersburg [accept Petrograd or Leningrad] (The powerbreak clues refer to the Smolny Convent and Winter Palace, designed for Empress Elisabeth.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicToronto B8510
Mattias EhatammWaterloo AspidistraOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom11110
Sky LiToronto AToronto Disband the Club 2k2411210
Nick EdwardsMcGill AMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii11410
Kevin LeCarleton AToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha11410
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AWaterloo Cloze127-5
Xavier SpanoWaterloo ClozeToronto Metropolitan A13110

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