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. (-5[1])Catherine (15[1])the Great’s Frog Service was made by the workshop (15[1])of this man, who offered the first (*) buy-one-get-one-free deals. As part of this man’s workshop, Henry Webber created a design in which an eight-word question surrounds a kneeling, praying (10[1])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. ■END■

ANSWER: Josiah Wedgwood (Pieces clued include the Pegasus Vase, Frog Service, and Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Stephen LiuWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?Stanford+63-5
Hari ParameswaranCry of the Common LoonBerkeley6415
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku7315
Tim MorrisonStanford+Where are the ACF Nationals recordings?10210

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%67%33%79.67
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y580%40%0%87.50
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y683%17%0%106.40
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%33%0%80.67
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%33%0%93.33