Question
Because this architect couldn't get a visa due to his Communist leanings, Yale hired Louis Kahn instead. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this architect who included both a chapel and a heliport in his building for a head of state, the Palácio da Alvorada, in a modernist city whose grid resembles an airplane.
ANSWER: Oscar Niemeyer ("NEE-my-er") [or Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho]
[10e] Niemeyer designed a hyperboloid cathedral in this planned Latin American capital.
ANSWER: Brasilia
[10h] Meanwhile, Kahn improved on the low lighting of his Richards Medical labs with the floor-to-ceiling glass walls of a research institute designed for and named after this man with a prominent paved plaza in La Jolla ("HOY-uh"), California.
ANSWER: Jonas Salk [accept Salk Institute for Biological Studies]
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Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 37 | 15.41 | 89% | 60% | 5% |