Packet 1: Bonus 18
This style’s strict process of contouring, layering, and shading contrasts with the expressivity valued in the scholarly freehand xiěyì (“sh’yeh-YEE”) style. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this highly prized style of Chinese painting focused on meticulously detailed realist images.
ANSWER: gōngbǐ (“GOHNG-bee”)
[10m] Despite being a type of gōngbǐ, the subcategory of jièhuà (“j’yeh-hwa”), which depicts this subject matter, was looked down on because its artists used tools like rulers. This subject matter is the focus of Italian capriccio paintings.
ANSWER: architecture [or buildings; accept ruins; prompt on cities, cityscapes, views, or landscapes]
[10e] Zhāng Zéduān captured the daily life and architecture of Kaifeng in a jièhuà work set during Qingming (“ching-ming”) that was painted on one of these objects. Horizontal and vertical scenes were respectively emphasized by “hand” and “hanging” examples of these objects.
ANSWER: scrolls [or gǔndòng; accept handscrolls or hanging scroll]
<Editors, Painting and Sculpture> | J. Playoffs 1 (Editors 1)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 14.38 | 100% | 44% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | Minnesota | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Indiana | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| MIT | UCLA | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Maryland A | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| NYU B | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| North Carolina | Maryland B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern A | Columbia A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Ohio State | Bruin | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Penn State | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Stanford A | Harvard | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Toronto B | Texas | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | Toronto A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| UC Berkeley B | Chicago A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| UCF | Illinois B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Vanderbilt | WashU | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Virginia | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 16 | 14.38 | 100% | 44% | 0% |