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. Several white males are gored in a Kara Walker version of this painting retitled for a “pool party,” (15[1])whose original edition shows a dark-skinned man stabbing a white horse. A prominent piece of (*) furniture (10[1])depicted in this painting is decorated with golden elephant heads. This painting based on a Lord Byron poem depicts several prostitutes being killed while the title ruler (10[1])reclines on a red-sheeted bed. For 10 points, name this painting detailing the last moments of an Assyrian king (10[1])by Eugène Delacroix (“oo-ZHEN deh-luh-KWAH”). ■END■

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

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matthew LamOhio State BMichigan A6515
Peter ZengOhio State AMichigan B8110
Ariel FaederPittsburghCarnegie Mellon10810
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State CMichigan State12710

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