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 (-5[1])the 2023 Bel-Air Miami 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 (*) Banality series. This animal and a rabbit are the subjects of the two most expensive (10[1])sculptures by a living (10[1])artist. A bottle of Old Saratoga whiskey appears in the foreground of a painting of four of these animals smoking pipes and cigars. A sculpture of one of these animals covered with flowers sits in front of the Guggenheim (10[1])Bilbao. For 10 points, name these animals depicted in five stainless steel balloon sculptures by Jeff Koons. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: dogs [or puppies; accept Balloon Dog; accept String of Puppies; accept Puppy]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sky LiToronto Penguin World WarToronto Sprout24-5
Jared HeWaterloo BustWaterloo Cali8710
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawaToronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl9110
Athan JuritschToronto PilkToronto cDNA13010
Amy WangToronto SproutToronto Penguin World War14710

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