Packet 1: Bonus 15
In her essay “Room at the Top?” Denise Scott Brown accuses the architecture establishment of treating this architect like Howard Roark, the hero of Ayn Rand’s novel The Fountainhead. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this husband of Scott Brown, who applied his maxim “less is a bore” to projects like the Vanna House. This architect, Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour criticized modernist architecture in Learning from Las Vegas.
ANSWER: Robert Venturi
[10m] In 1991, Venturi was the sole winner of this award over his own objections that Scott Brown also be a recipient. Frank Gehry designed a pavilion named for the founder of this most prestigious architecture prize.
ANSWER: Pritzker Prize [or Pritzker Architecture Prize]
[10e] Venturi and Scott Brown also collaborated on the main building of this city’s art museum. In the leadup to the 1962 World’s Fair, this city constructed the Googie-style Space Needle.
ANSWER: Seattle, Washington [accept Seattle Art Museum]
<Other Fine Arts — Joel Miles> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 1
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 14.40 | 92% | 44% | 8% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harpeth Hall | USN C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Merrol Hyde A | Athens Bible School | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Owensboro | Franklin Road Academy | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| USN A | Merrol Hyde B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| USN B | Portland High | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 15 | 12.67 | 93% | 27% | 7% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 80% | 20% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |