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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 (15[1])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. For a (*) publication he called the “greatest show window in America,” this artist depicted a police officer and a young runaway at a (10[1])diner in Protect and Serve. This artist created eleven paintings of Private Willie Gillis during World War II, and in another work depicted Ruby Bridges being escorted (10[1])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
Sophie LymanWUSTL ASquidward Community College4315
Ryan HappelSIUEWUSTL C9810
Jonah SchwartzWUSTL JTruman State12510

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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