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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 students being taught by a bust of Vladimir Lenin. (15[1])For a (*) publication he called the (10[1])“greatest show window in America,” this artist depicted a police officer and a young runaway at a (10[1])diner (10[1])in Protect and (10[1])Serve. This artist created eleven paintings of Private Willie Gillis during World War II, and in another work depicted Ruby 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. ■END■

ANSWER: Norman Rockwell [or Norman Perceval Rockwell]
<Fine Arts - Visual Fine Arts>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Guy IndoranteIowa StateVassar7515
Calvin BostlemanOhio StateOhio8110
Teigue KellyPenn State APenn State B9810
Dennis YangMichigan AMichigan C9910
Roan DowlingIowaMichigan B10210

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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