Question

An artist began creating a work inspired by Ed Keinholz and this painting after learning about a 2015 incident of a white cop body-slamming a Black girl in McKinney, Texas. Insulation is exposed through a red wall in a planned photograph based on this painting by Jeff Wall. (15[1]-5[1])Several white males are gored in a Kara Walker version of this painting retitled for a “pool party,” (15[2])whose original edition shows a dark-skinned man stabbing a white (15[1])horse. A prominent piece of (*) furniture depicted in this painting is decorated with golden elephant heads. This painting based on a Lord Byron poem depicts several prostitutes being killed while (10[1])the title ruler reclines on a red-sheeted bed. For 10 points, name this painting detailing the last moments of an Assyrian king by Eugène Delacroix (“oo-ZHEN deh-luh-KWAH”). (10[3]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: The Death of Sardanapalus
<Kane Nguyen, Visual Fine Arts>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AWUSTL47-5
Joel MilesMinnesotaNotre Dame C4715
Andrew WangIllinois APurdue6515
Justin HawkinsIndiana ANotre Dame A6515
Akshar GoyalIllinois BChicago A7515
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame BIndiana B10510
Stephen WalshNorthwestern BSIUE1310
Logan MathisSIUENorthwestern B13110
Coby TranChicago BIllinois C13110
John John GrogerWUSTLNorthwestern A13110

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%33%121.33
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%0%116.00
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y425%0%50%99.00
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%40%20%90.40
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%50%50%89.50
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y367%67%33%55.50
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%25%0%95.25
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%50%13%93.75
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%50%50%97.00