Question
In a symphony by this composer, a solo piano “Dirge” opens the second movement before four characters take a taxi to an apartment. This composer used the eighth notes “G G G C C C” followed by three descending quarter-notes in a song marked tempo di huapango. This composer’s second symphony was inspired by a W. H. Auden poem and titled The Age of Anxiety. After the Berlin Wall fell, this composer conducted Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Berlin. Alternating 6/8 and 3/4 bars characterize a song by this composer in which Anita and Rosalia debate the quality of life in Puerto Rico. For 10 points, who composed the song “America” for the musical West Side Story? ■END■
ANSWER: Leonard Bernstein
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 78% | 0% | 22% | 86.57 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 99.63 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 67% | 0% | 67% | 108.25 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 11 | 91% | 0% | 18% | 95.50 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 106.63 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 89.60 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 75% | 0% | 38% | 89.67 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 107.44 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | South Carolina B | 46 | -5 |
| Jason Qin (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | NYU A (UG) | 50 | 10 |
| Andrew Harms (DII) | Michigan State A | Ohio State B (DII) | 58 | -5 |
| Maya Kvaratskhelia | Notre Dame A | WashU B | 59 | -5 |
| Aaron Taylor | Mississippi State A | Furman | 60 | 10 |
| Aaron Taylor | Mississippi State A | Furman | 60 | 10 |
| Alan Fan | UW Envy | UW Wrath | 64 | -5 |
| Owen Linder | Binghamton A | ESF | 65 | 10 |
| Yuxuan Lu | Vanderbilt A | Vanderbilt B | 73 | 10 |
| Conner Yamnitz | WashU A | Northwestern B | 74 | 10 |
| Sammy Carstens | U of Rochester B | Binghamton C | 75 | 10 |
| Mark Lee (DII) | Michigan B (UG) | CWRU B (DII) | 75 | 10 |
| Peter Chen | Georgia Tech E | Georgia Tech B | 75 | -5 |
| Michael Ge | Cornell D | Cornell G | 77 | 10 |
| Malachi Ledford | Tusculum | Appalachian State B | 77 | 10 |
| Annika Larson (DII) | Claremont A | UCLA C | 77 | 10 |
| Adam Hermann (DII) | Claremont B | UCSD | 77 | 10 |
| Karl Wang (DII) | UCLA A | UCLA D | 77 | 10 |
| Lucas Shedlock (UG) | Princeton A (UG) | Fordham A | 78 | 10 |
| Joshua Rafaeil | Cornell C | Cornell F | 79 | 10 |
| Beckett Gilmore (DII) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | Miami C (DII) | 79 | 10 |
| Paawan Patel | Emory Oxford | Georgia Tech C | 86 | 10 |
| Andy Yu (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | Penn A (DII) | 86 | 10 |
| Nicholas Fowler | Virginia | VCU | 87 | -5 |
| Brooke Weiss (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | Ohio State C (DII) | 92 | 10 |
| Brian Hoff | Cornell B | Cornell E | 93 | 10 |
| Joyann Hua | UBC A | Arizona State B | 93 | 10 |
| Greta Hong (DII) | Bard A (UG) | Maryland B (DII) | 93 | 10 |
| Patrick Boyle | Notre Dame B | SIUE | 96 | 10 |
| Olin Bose (DII) | Columbia A (UG) | Penn B (DII) | 98 | -5 |
| Danny Cutbill | RIT A | U of Rochester A | 101 | 10 |
| William Romanyk (UG) | Michigan State B | West Virginia A (UG) | 101 | 10 |
| Ethan Tran (DII) | UCLA E | USC | 101 | 10 |
| Cameron Wiliams | Appalachian State A | NC State | 104 | 10 |
| Jacob Moeller (DII) | Miami A (UG) | CWRU C (UG) | 106 | 10 |
| Kabir Zaman | South Carolina A | Clemson B | 106 | 10 |
| Miller Doerr | Liberty B | UNC A | 106 | 10 |
| Antonio LaNave | Virginia Tech A | Liberty C | 106 | 10 |
| Owen Ashbrook | Iowa B | Northwestern A | 106 | 10 |
| Jude Mejia-Vazquez | RIT C | Cornell A | 108 | -5 |
| Nathan Wodicka (UG) | Miami B (UG) | Michigan C | 109 | -5 |
| Dylan Bianchi | UW Greed | UW Sloth | 109 | 10 |
| Henry Bylinowski | Auburn A | Tennessee B | 109 | 10 |
| Sam Millenbach (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | 109 | -5 |
| Luke Strole | UW Pride | Arizona State A | 110 | -5 |
| Carter Pisocky (DII) | Michigan D (UG) | Ohio State A (UG) | 112 | 10 |
| Claire Chambers | Binghamton B | Syracuse | 113 | -5 |
| Euan McCubbin | UW Chastity | UW Lust | 113 | -5 |
| Zachary Bornstein | Virginia Tech B | UNC D | 113 | 10 |
| Elizabeth Bowling | Indiana | Notre Dame C | 113 | 10 |
| Tianyu Xu | Georgia Tech A | Clemson A | 114 | 10 |
| Rico-Ian Banting (UG) | NYU B | Rutgers B | 114 | -5 |
| Jacob Bieri | Boise State | Alberta | 115 | 10 |
| Stefan Stealey-Euchner | Arizona State A | UW Pride | 115 | 0 |
| Liam Markland | Alberta | Boise State | 115 | -5 |
| Britton Webster | Alabama A | Auburn B | 115 | 10 |
| Brian Zhang | UNC C | Duke B | 115 | 10 |
| Paul Cantave (UG) | Rutgers A (UG) | Rowan A (DII) | 115 | 10 |
| Kaiden Webb | Chicago B | Illinois A | 115 | 10 |
| Jack Piros | Illinois C | Purdue C | 115 | 10 |
| Kritanu Saha | Cornell A | RIT C | 116 | 0 |
| Will Hoover | RIT B | Penn State | 116 | 10 |
| Alec West | Syracuse | Binghamton B | 116 | 0 |
| Peter Zeng (DII) | Ohio State B (DII) | Michigan State A | 116 | 10 |
| Thomas Chen | Michigan C | Miami B (UG) | 116 | 10 |
| Rosie Zhang | UW Wrath | UW Envy | 116 | 10 |
| John McQueen | South Carolina B | Georgia Tech D | 116 | 10 |
| Monish Jampala | Georgia Tech B | Georgia Tech E | 116 | 0 |
| Varun Venkatagiri | Georgia A | Auburn C | 116 | 10 |
| Timothy Porter | VCU | Virginia | 116 | 10 |
| Samuel Li | William & Mary | Duke A | 116 | 0 |
| Andrea Owusu | Duke A | William & Mary | 116 | 10 |
| Ivan Karp (UG) | UCLA B | Claremont C | 116 | 10 |
| Chase Barrick (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | Columbia B | 116 | 0 |
| Hannah Nieuwveld (DII) | Penn B (DII) | Columbia A (UG) | 116 | 0 |
| Alexandra Duan (DII) | Columbia B | Lehigh A (UG) | 116 | 10 |
| Ishaan Singh | Purdue B | Illinois B | 116 | 10 |
| Theodor Martin | WashU B | Notre Dame A | 116 | 10 |
| Brielle Rach | Iowa A | Illinois D | 116 | 10 |