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Note to moderators: you're doing a great job! Thanks for staffing! This person holds an open book in front of a tiered, conical mountain in a fresco by Domenico di Michelino. This person clutches a companion as they watch a wrestling man bite his opponent's neck in a painting (20[1])by (20[1])William Bouguereau ("boo-GRO"). This person and his lover (0[1])watch (20[1])as hundreds of bodies (0[1])create concentric circles around a beam (20[1])of (20[1])light (20[1])as part of a series of (20[1])illustrations (0[1])by Gustave (20[2])(*) Doré (10[1])("door-AY"). A statue of this real-life (0[1])person appears below the Three Shades in an installation (10[1])whose (10[1])other (10[1])pieces include (10[1])The Kiss (10[1])and Ugolino (0[3])and (10[1])his (0[1])Children. (0[2])Renaissance portraits of this author often (10[1])depict (10[1])him (10[2])wearing (10[1]0[1])a laurel (10[2])over a red cap. (0[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Auguste Rodin's (10[1])Gates of Hell were inspired by what author's (10[1])Divine (10[1])Comedy? (10[1])■END■ (10[8])

ANSWER: Dante [or Dante Alighieri]
<Fine Arts - Visual Fine Arts - Misc Arts>
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Evan SchleckHunter AWayzata4820
Andrew PeusterAudrain County ATEastchester4920
Manu SankaranLambert ARichard Montgomery560
Michelle LuoJohns CreekWalter Payton A5720
Ryan SmithDowningtown STEMGlenbrook South610
Ophelia Cherry-PulayUni School of Nashville AWest Point6720
Jack WilliamsWhite PigeonSolon6820
James WrayGlenbrook SouthDowningtown STEM6920
Evan GniadekQuince OrchardGeorgetown Day7520
Nick MurrayDetroit Catholic Central AWestwood760
Shishir BharadwajLexingtonNorthmont7820
Cormac KennedySaint JosephWalter Payton B7820
Charlie DoehringHinsdale Central AStrake Jesuit B7910
Travis JohnsonGreat ValleyCarl Sandburg840
Evan TingPark TudorFremd9310
Harini RamakrishnanSaratogaUni School of Nashville B9410
Ian Droessler WilsonInnovation Academy BWalker9510
Darren KellisMiltonWinston Churchill A9710
Leo OsborneAlabama Cyber TechLindbergh9910
Keefe YangCarmel BCentennial B1010
Lucas ArdeleanInnovation Academy AGrosse Pointe South1010
Max ChenStrake Jesuit AMontgomery Blair A1010
Juni LowenharHunter BHerron10210
Brian PhoCarmel ABarrington1030
Everett Van TilHomewood-FlossmoorYukon A1040
Samy El-ZahabiChattahoochee BVirginia1040
Akilan GanesanChattahoochee AThomas Jefferson B11010
Jack O’BrienEdinaLambert B11110
Aidyn CongdonLee's SummitKane County AT11210
Ray GuanWinston Churchill BThomas Jefferson E11210
Felix SacksLincoln-Way East ACoronado1130
Ray ClaretNorthviewAdlai E. Stevenson B11310
Kate GuIrvingtonDetroit Catholic Central C11510
Christian CurtisDetroit Catholic Central BYukon B11510
Jason YaoMontgomery Blair BNorthside College Prep1190
Belle LiNorth QuincyFairfield County AT12210
Jasper XuWestwoodDetroit Catholic Central A12410
Ayaan GhoriCarl SandburgGreat Valley13210
Zachary MartinPageLincoln-Way East B13310
Lyn RedmanNorthside College PrepMontgomery Blair B13410
Kaitlyn LeonardBarringtonCarmel A13510
Jeremy KantsiperCentennial BCarmel B13510
Christopher StewartYukon AHomewood-Flossmoor13510
Joshua KochGrosse Pointe SouthInnovation Academy A13510
Reed KarosichCoronadoLincoln-Way East A13510
Nam DangRichard MontgomeryLambert A13510
Arjun RamachandranMontgomery Blair AStrake Jesuit A13510
Wilson HartleyVirginiaChattahoochee B13510

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TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y36100%25%0%104.47