Question

This man’s workshop depicted a citharode-holding Homer’s coronation in relief over a pale blue backdrop on a piece named after the cloud-riding Pegasus that tops it. For a commission from Chesme Palace, this man’s studio painted nearly a thousand shields containing frogs. This man, who spent three years replicating the Portland Vase, is portrayed on one of the tablets he made for George Stubbs. (15[1])Catherine the Great’s Frog Service was made by the workshop of this man, who offered (15[1])the first (*) buy-one-get-one-free deals. (10[1])As part of this man’s workshop, Henry Webber created a design in which an eight-word question surrounds a kneeling, praying man in shackles. For 10 points, name this businessman who made medallions reading, “Am I not a man and a brother?” at his ceramics factory. (10[1])■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Josiah Wedgwood (Pieces clued include the Pegasus Vase, Frog Service, and Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mattias EhatammYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up6315
Sheena LiCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken7815
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut8210
Aaron Dos RemediosModerator Can't Neg me While in Alphaas rational as the square root of two power bottoms12710
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere1280

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