Bonus
Gustave Courbet (“coor-BAY”) painted this woman in La belle irlandaise. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this artists’ model. She posed in white dresses in two paintings by another artist: one in which she holds a fan and looks at herself in a mirror, and another in which she stands on a wolfskin rug.
ANSWER: Joanna Hiffernan [prompt on Jo]
[10e] Hiffernan regularly modeled for this artist of the Symphony in White paintings, her long-term romantic partner. This artist is known for his many nocturnes and arrangements, including one in “grey and black” depicting his mother.
ANSWER: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
[10h] Whistler sued John Ruskin for libel after Ruskin compared Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket to “flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face,” and recounted the trial in this book. This book also contains Whistler’s lecture “Ten O’Clock.”
ANSWER: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | Toronto A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago A | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Florida | WUSTL A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Illinois A | NYU | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Indiana | MIT | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Iowa State | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| LSE | Maryland | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Michigan | Toronto B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Minnesota | Winona State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Northwestern | Georgia State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Ohio State | Virginia Tech | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Ottawa | Harvard | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| RIT | Rutgers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Texas | Georgia Tech | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto C | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | North Carolina B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley B | UCF | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia | Penn State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| WUSTL B | British Columbia | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Waterloo A | Vanderbilt | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Waterloo B | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 22 | 14.55 | 100% | 46% | 0% |