Packet 10: Bonus 10
Answer the following about works catalogued by the Archive of Destruction, a website focusing on public art that has been damaged or destroyed. For 10 points each:
[10e] The website has an entry on the Jacob Epstein-designed tomb of this Irish author, which was surrounded by a barrier after visitors kept kissing it. He wrote The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
ANSWER: Oscar Wilde [or Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde]
[10m] The archive explains that the government of New York’s objections to this artist’s silkscreen mural Thirteen Most Wanted Men led to its destruction with silver paint. This artist created the Death and Disaster series.
ANSWER: Andy Warhol
[10h] Sam Durant’s Scaffold appears on the site because its exhibition in this city led to such an outcry from local Native Americans that the artist allowed it to be destroyed at a secret location. A sculpture garden maintained by this city’s Walker Art Center is home to Spoonbridge and Cherry.
ANSWER: Minneapolis, Minnesota [prompt on Twin Cities]
<Visual Fine Arts — Joel Miles> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 10
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 12.63 | 84% | 42% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden) | (not so) Evil Empire | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Chelsea | Rockford A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| DeWitt A | Troy A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| DeWitt B | White Cloud A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Hillsdale Academy A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Detroit Catholic Central B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Grand Ledge | Hillsdale Academy D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Holt | Traverse City Central B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| New Boston Huron | Hillsdale Academy B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| New Buffalo B | New Buffalo A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Okemos A | Utica Academy | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Rockford B | Coldwater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Taylor | Detroit Country Day B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy B | Detroit Country Day A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| U of D Jesuit | Okemos B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| USN A | USN B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| White Cloud B | Hillsdale Academy C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Williamston | Traverse City Central A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| ccny potato salad | Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 11.25 | 81% | 31% | 0% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |