Bonus
Women with design studios in this city include Cini Boeri (“CHEE-nee bo-AY-ree”), who co-created the glass “Ghost” armchair, and Gae Aulenti, who oversaw the conversion of a train station into the Musée d’Orsay (“moo-ZAY dor-SAY”). For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city where Ettore Sottsass (“ETT-oh-ray SOT-sass”) led the flashy Memphis Group of designers. The “neo-rationalist” designer who wrote Architecture of the City was from this city, where the Compasso d’Oro is awarded.
ANSWER: Milan [or Milano; accept Nova Milanese] (Aldo Rossi wrote Architecture of the City.)
[10e] Sottsass’s Tahiti model of this sort of appliance resembles a toy drinking bird. Clara Driscoll led a group of women who designed stained-glass Art Nouveau instances of these appliances for Tiffany & Co.
ANSWER: lamps [or table lamps; accept lampshades]
[10h] This designer created an ad promoting Sottsass’s glossy red design for the Olivetti Valentine typewriter. This designer created the cover of Angels in America and a psychedelic 1966 poster for Bob Dylan.
ANSWER: Milton Glaser
<AP, Other Fine Arts>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | 8.25 | 53% | 28% | 3% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BU | UMass Boston | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Brandeis B | Brown A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Harvard A | MIT A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Tufts A | Harvard B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 6.67 | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 6.67 | 50% | 17% | 0% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | 10 | 5.00 | 30% | 20% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 8 | 13.75 | 75% | 50% | 13% |