Question

A character from this book is shown in front of a nude figure pointing left and straddling a figure emerging from the sea in two entries of a series commissioned by Thomas Butts. A large triptych from the 1850s inspired by this book includes The Plains of Heaven and was the last major work by John Martin. The title figure holds a lightning bolt (-5[1])amid (-5[1])raised swords in the last of three versions of a painting based on this book by Benjamin West. This book inspired William Blake’s painting The Great Red Dragon and the Woman (-5[1])Clothed with the Sun. A painting inspired by this book depicts an elongated man in blue raising his hands (10[1])to the cloudy sky; that El Greco painting is The Opening of the Fifth Seal. (10[2])For 10 points, what biblical book inspired Albrecht Dürer’s The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Book of Revelation [prompt on Bible or New Testament; reject “Revelations” or “Book of Revelations”] (Benjamin West’s painting is Death on a Pale Horse.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anton AkroushMichigan StateMichigan D63-5
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan AOhio State B64-5
Jack LengaCarnegie Mellon BMichigan B95-5
Carter PisockyMichigan CCase Western A11410
Xavier MigliaccioCarnegie Mellon AKenyon12910
Simon ZimmermanOhio State ACase Western B12910
Mitchell IndekMichigan BCarnegie Mellon B14410
Cole PolleyMichigan DMichigan State14510
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BMichigan A14510

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