Poland - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

Wanda Landowska (“lan-DOV-ska”), a musician from this country, played a major role popularizing the harpsichord in the 20th century. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this country, whose composers include Henryk Górecki (“guh-RET-skee”). Landowska’s many recordings include a Mazurka by Frédéric Chopin (“show-PAN”), a composer from this country who died in France.

ANSWER: Poland [or Polska or Republic of Poland or Rzeczpospolita Polska]

[10h] Landowska is renowned for her sensitive interpretation of this composer’s harpsichord sonatas, of which he composed 555.

ANSWER: (Giuseppe) Domenico Scarlatti

[10m] Landowska’s discography also includes a D major Bach piece in this genre. A D minor organ piece, which pairs this genre with a fugue (“fyoog”), opens with a mordent on A, followed by a run down to C# (“C sharp”) and up to D.

ANSWER: toccata [accept Toccata in D major or Toccata and Fugue in D minor]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	20.00	100%	60%	40%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	15.56	89%	56%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	14.44	78%	56%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	20.00	88%	75%	38%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	23.33	100%	83%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	9	17.78	78%	89%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	15.56	89%	67%	0%

Data


Claremont C	UCLA A	10	0	10	20
Claremont A	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
Claremont B	UCLA E	10	0	0	10
UCLA C	UCSD	10	0	0	10
UCLA B	USC	10	10	10	30
Cornell B	Cornell A	10	0	0	10
Binghamton A	Cornell E	10	10	10	30
Binghamton B	Binghamton C	10	0	0	10
ESF	Cornell F	10	0	0	10
U of Rochester A	Penn State	10	0	10	20
RIT A	Cornell G	10	0	10	20
RIT B	Syracuse	10	0	10	20
RIT C	U of Rochester B	0	0	0	0
Cornell D	Cornell C	10	0	10	20
Illinois C	Chicago A	10	0	10	20
Purdue C	Illinois D	10	0	10	20
Iowa A	WashU A	10	0	10	20
Iowa B	Notre Dame C	0	0	0	0
SIUE	Purdue A	0	0	0	0
Purdue B	Northwestern A	10	10	10	30
Illinois B	WashU B	10	0	0	10
Illinois A	Notre Dame A	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame B	Northwestern B	10	0	10	20
Rutgers A	Fordham A	10	0	0	10
Columbia B	Columbia J	10	0	0	10
Penn A	NYU A	10	0	0	10
NYU B	Maryland B	10	0	10	20
Princeton A	Lehigh A	10	0	10	20
Rowan A	Lehigh B	10	0	0	10
Rutgers B	Bard A	10	0	10	20
Maryland A	Penn B	10	10	10	30
Miami B	Jefferson County Scholars	10	10	0	20
Michigan D	Michigan B	10	0	10	20
Michigan C	West Virginia A	10	0	10	20
Miami C	Michigan State A	0	0	0	0
Ohio State A	West Virginia B	10	0	10	20
Ohio State B	CWRU A	10	10	10	30
Miami A	Ohio State C	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	CWRU C	10	10	10	30
UW Envy	Alberta	10	10	10	30
UW Chastity	Arizona State A	10	10	10	30
UW Wrath	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
UW Gluttony	UBC A	10	0	10	20
UBC B	UW Greed	10	0	0	10
UW Lust	UW Pride	10	0	10	20
Emory Oxford	Georgia Tech C	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Auburn C	10	10	10	30
Furman	Clemson A	0	0	10	10
Emory A	Auburn A	10	0	10	20
Georgia A	Georgia Tech B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Mississippi State A	0	0	10	10
Southern	Georgia Tech D	10	0	10	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	10	0	10	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	10	0	10	20
Alabama A	Vanderbilt B	10	0	10	20
Liberty C	Appalachian State B	10	0	10	20
Liberty B	Appalachian State A	0	0	10	10
NC State	James Madison B	10	0	10	20
VCU	Liberty A	10	0	10	20
Duke A	Tusculum	10	0	0	10
UNC B	Virginia	10	0	10	20
UNC C	UNC D	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech A	William & Mary	10	0	10	20
James Madison A	UNC A	10	0	0	10