Question

People in this city frequently attach satirical poems to sculptures called this city’s “talking (15[1])statues.”William Wetmore Story sculpted an oft-replicated Angel of Grief for his dead wife’s grave in a cemetery in this city. A sculpture of Anchises [An-KY-sees] being carried by a young Aeneas resides in a gallery in the city. A marble statue (-5[1])of a reclining partially clothed woman holding an apple against her thigh is located in this city. This city is home to Antonio (*) Canova’s Venus Victrix. Gold stucco rays surround a spear-wielding (10[1])angel and the title nun in a sculpture in this city’s Cornaro Chapel. The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa was sculpted in this city by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The piazza of a museum in this city features a bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. For 10 points, busts of emperors are displayed in what city’s Capitoline (10[1])Museums? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Rome
<Fine Arts - Visual Fine Arts>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Evan SchleckGathererBard1415
Andrea LadinoNYU BPrinceton55-5
Matthew SiffYaleRutgers8710
Jacob DubnerColumbia BNYU A14210
Eddie FuhrerLehigh ANYU C14310
Cooper RohColumbia ALehigh B14410
Finn DoylePrincetonNYU B14410

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%17%17%112.33
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%25%75%124.25
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%0%25%127.50
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%17%33%118.67
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y2100%50%0%69.50