Question

Many art collectors, including Stephen Gamson, offered to buy the pieces of a small blue sculpture of one of these animals that shattered during the 2023 Bel-Air Miami (-5[1])art fair. In 1997, policeman Jose Maria Aguirre died protecting a sculpture of one of these animals from being blown up by the ETA. An artist used copyright material for a sculpture of a couple holding a String of these non-monkey animals for his (10[1])(*) Banality series. This animal and a rabbit are the subjects of the two most expensive sculptures by a living (10[1])artist. A bottle of Old Saratoga (10[1])whiskey appears (10[1])in the foreground of a painting of four of these animals smoking pipes and (10[1])cigars. A sculpture of one of these animals covered with (10[1])flowers sits in front of the Guggenheim Bilbao. For 10 points, name these animals depicted in five stainless steel balloon sculptures by Jeff (10[1])Koons. ■END■

ANSWER: dogs [or puppies; accept Balloon Dog; accept String of Puppies; accept Puppy]
<Fine Arts - Visual Fine Arts>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Annabelle YangWUSTLMichigan A28-5
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateCase Western7210
Ani PerumallaPenn State ANorth Carolina9110
Andrew ZengStanfordMichigan C9710
Leo TaoMichigan COhio State9910
Conor ThompsonIowa StatePenn State B11310
Abigail ZimmermanIowaVassar12310
Dennis YangMichigan AWUSTL14610

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%33%0%81.17
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%0%25%113.75
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%0%0%105.50
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%0%17%107.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y1100%0%0%99.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%33%0%66.00