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This artist depicted an elderly man with a red cap leaving his office with a plaid golf bag over his shoulder and a sign on the door reading “Gone on important business.” This artist claimed he “was showing the America [he] knew and observed to others who might not have noticed” with his artworks. A late work by this artist depicts a class full of young (15[2])students being (15[1])taught by a bust of Vladimir Lenin. For a (*) publication he called the “greatest show window in America,” this artist depicted a police officer and a young runaway at a diner in Protect and Serve. This artist created eleven paintings of Private Willie (10[1])Gillis during World War II, and in another work depicted Ruby (10[1])Bridges being escorted to her segregated elementary school. For 10 points, name this artist of The Problem We All Live With who illustrated Saying Grace and Rosie the Riveter for the Saturday Evening Post. (0[2])■END■

ANSWER: Norman Rockwell [or Norman Perceval Rockwell]
<Fine Arts - Visual Fine Arts>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cooper RohColumbia AGatherer6615
Eshan PantNYU ALehigh A6615
Will HollisterLehigh BColumbia B6815
Austin GuoPrincetonRutgers11110
Andre WongColumbia CBard12210
Zaid AsifNYU BNYU C1560
Eli MendozaNYU CNYU B1560

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y683%50%0%86.60
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%0%0%110.75
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y3100%0%0%126.33
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y5100%20%0%91.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%33%0%88.67