Packet 1: Tossup 2

Henri Ballot photographed this city’s poor for the magazine O Cruzeiro in response to Life’s photo essay Freedom’s Fearful Foe: Poverty. A proponent of “straight photography,” Paul Strand, (15[1])showed small people under five dark windows in this city. (15[1])A quote from Rabelais’ Pantagruel titles a collection of photos of this city’s (15[1])(*) tenements. (10[1])A child (10[3])with a hand (10[1])grenade (10[3])was (10[1])photographed (10[1])by Diane Arbus in a park in this city. (10[1])Jacob Riis’ (10[1])How the Other (10[1])Half Lives (10[2]-5[1])collects photos of this city. (10[1]-5[1])In a staged photo taken in this city, (10[1])construction workers on a steel girder (10[1])eat lunch (10[1])at a high altitude. (10[2])For 10 points, name this city home to Central Park. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: New York City [or NYC]
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Rube Goldberg XIX11/20/202516100%0%13%77.81
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS11/20/20255100%40%0%48.60
SPOOKY IX11/20/20255100%20%0%64.00