Question
This sculpture’s artist bought exclusive rights to a pigment called Vantablack, believed to be the world’s “blackest black” material. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this sculpture by Anish Kapoor found in Chicago’s Millennium Park. This highly reflective sculpture’s elliptical shape resembles a giant drop of liquid mercury.
ANSWER: Cloud Gate [accept The Bean]
[10e] Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate was built from the “stainless” variety of this alloy of iron and carbon.
ANSWER: steel [accept stainless steel]
[10h] After Kapoor trademarked Vantablack, Stuart Semple created a pigment of this color which anybody but Kapoor was allowed to purchase. Fashionista Elsa Schiaparelli created many garments in a trademark “shocking” tone of this color.
ANSWER: pink
<Fine Arts - Visual Fine Arts>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASIS-Independent Brooklyn | Hunter B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| East Brunswick A | Trinity A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Eastchester | East Brunswick B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Great Valley | Hastings A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Hunter A | North Babylon B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Mather A | Hastings B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Mather B | Daniel Boone Academy | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Merrol-Hyde | USN B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| North Babylon A | Downingtown STEM | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Stuyvesant A | Mather C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Trinity B | moving finger B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| USN A | Vanderbilt | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| USN C | USN MS | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| moving finger A | Stuyvesant B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Fight 2 | 1/11/2025 | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 2024 FARSI @ Columbia | 12/08/2024 | Y | 11 | 26.36 | 100% | 100% | 64% |