Question
An artist native to this city was killed by a gunpowder explosion, but his 1654 work The Goldfinch miraculously survived. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this city, the location of a 17th century “School” whose members included Carel Fabritius. A “View of” this city by its most famous resident depicts its skyline reflecting in the river Schie.
ANSWER: Delft [accept Delft School; accept View of Delft]
[10m] This Dutch artist painted the aforementioned View of Delft. David Hockney has alleged that this artist used a camera obscura to paint interior scenes like The Music Lesson and The Astronomer.
ANSWER: Johannes Vermeer
[10e] Delft is also the home of a style of pottery using white and this color, which appears alongside red and white on the Dutch flag.
ANSWER: blue
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Fight 2 | 1/11/2025 | Y | 3 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 FARSI @ Columbia | 12/08/2024 | Y | 12 | 21.67 | 100% | 75% | 42% |
| 2024 FARSI @ Columbia | 12/08/2024 | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 56% | 100% | 33% |